{"id":2957,"date":"2026-09-17T20:43:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T20:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/?page_id=2957"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T16:14:21","slug":"workday-updates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/workday-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Workday Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"link-group block-container\" id=\"pagenav\">\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--2up\">\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"#knownissues\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Current Known Issue(s)\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"#outages\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Planned Maintenance Outages\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"#fixes\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Recent Fixes and Enhancements\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"knownissues\">Current Known Issue(s)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Routings for financial approvals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Approval routings for expense reports and invoice payments may not follow the department&#8217;s preferred workflow. Scenario-specific workflow configuration is needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action needed: Create a <a href=\"https:\/\/macalester.topdesk.net\/tas\/public\/ssp\/content\/serviceflow?unid=2e4f4fb2-4534-4293-a1c4-ed56da606113\">Workday Support Ticket<\/a> or contact accountspayable@macalester.edu to request an update.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Access to budget reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some users may not see one or more budgets they required. The individual needs to be granted access to the budget(s).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action needed: Create a <a href=\"https:\/\/macalester.topdesk.net\/tas\/public\/ssp\/content\/serviceflow?unid=2e4f4fb2-4534-4293-a1c4-ed56da606113\">Workday Support Ticket<\/a> or contact businessservices@macalester.edu to request visibility to specific the budget(s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<section class=\"cta-button-block block-container\" >\n    <div class=\"cta-button-block__inner\">\n        <div class=\"cta-button-block__text-column\">\n            <div class=\"base-lockup\">\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t    \t\t\t        <div class=\"base-lockup__cta\">\n\t\t\t            <a class=\"base-cta-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/macalester.topdesk.net\/tas\/public\/ssp\/content\/serviceflow?unid=2e4f4fb2-4534-4293-a1c4-ed56da606113\" target=\"_self\">Report a new issue<\/a>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\t\t\t    \t\t\t<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fixes\">Recent Fixes and Enhancements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>September 2026 Major Release from Workday<\/strong>: In addition to small weekly fixes, Workday releases platform-wise updates for all customers twice year in September and March. This is Macalester first major release from Workday since going live this past summer. Most changes in this release are invisible to end-users, and any that are visible are intended to unify the look-and-feel between Workday&#8217;s desktop and mobile experience. Functionality has not changed and no action is needed; this is an informational update as the Macalester-community may notice some changes to commonly used pages*.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#workday-homepage\">Workday Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#my-tasks\">My Tasks<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#personal-profile\">Personal Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*Some of before and after images are from Workday and may not reflect Macalester-specific configurations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"workday-homepage\">Workday Homepage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Consolidated Daily Brief<\/strong> of what you should know is now in the first column. This cosmetic change makes better use of space and provides a more consistent experience between desktop and mobile versions of Workday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/homepage-oldnew2-1024x494.png\" alt=\"Retired and current Workday homepage shown side-by-side for comparison. Minimal change combining tasks awaiting your action and suggested actions into one section.\" class=\"wp-image-4017\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/homepage-oldnew2-1024x494.png 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/homepage-oldnew2-300x145.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/homepage-oldnew2-768x371.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/homepage-oldnew2-1536x741.png 1536w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/homepage-oldnew2.png 1826w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"my-tasks\">My Tasks<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Updated icons <\/strong>in the My Tasks menu, specifically the menu&#8217;s expand\/collapse button and the Archive button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"856\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/mytasks-2-1024x856.png\" alt=\"Current My Tasks menu shown collapsed and expanded for comparison. Minimal changes include a new icon for Archived tasks and an added button for expanding and collapsing the menu.\" class=\"wp-image-3935\" style=\"width:468px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/mytasks-2-1024x856.png 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/mytasks-2-300x251.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/mytasks-2-768x642.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/mytasks-2.png 1183w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"personal-profile\">Personal Profile<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New header layout and the new expand\/collapse feature. <\/strong>Our Personal Profile pages have updated to have a more consistent experience between desktop and mobile versions of Workday. The experience is similar to both the Global Navigation Sidebar and My Tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/profilemenu-oldnew2-1024x835.png\" alt=\"Retired and current Profile layouts shown side-by-side for comparison. Minimal changes include moving profile picture, name, and contact information to a header and a new icon for expanding and collapsing the profile menu.\" class=\"wp-image-4019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/profilemenu-oldnew2-1024x835.png 1024w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/profilemenu-oldnew2-300x245.png 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/profilemenu-oldnew2-768x627.png 768w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/workday-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/659\/2026\/09\/profilemenu-oldnew2.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"outages\">Planned Maintenance Outages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Workday performs planned maintenance that includes weekly service updates, monthly, and quarterly planned maintenance, and feature releases.&nbsp;These changes are in addition to configuration enhancements and new reports managed by Macalester&#8217;s Workday administrators. Most changes made by Macalester do not require an outage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Weekly Updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturdays 1:00 &#8211; 4:00 AM Central Time. Outages may last up to 3 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Monthly and Quarterly Updates<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Updates begin 1:00 AM Central Time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monthly updates may last up to 7 hours. Quarterly updates may last up to 11 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n<accordion-container\n    tag=\"section\"\n    class=\"accordion-group block-container\"\n    >\t\n\t<div class=\"accordion-group__outer\">\n\t    \t    <ul class=\"accordion-group__list\">\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-1\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">2026 Updates<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-1\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p>September 19 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>October 17 &#8211; Quarterly update<\/p>\n<p>November 21 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>December 12 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t            <li class=\"accordion-group__list-item\">\n\t                <accordion-container-header\n\t                    tag=\"h3\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-heading\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <accordion-container-header-button\n\t                        class=\"accordion-group__heading-button\"\n\t                        controls=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                        id=\"accordion-group-heading-button-2\"\n\t                    >\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__button-text\">2027 Updates<\/span>\n\t                        <span class=\"accordion-group__icon-wrap\">\n\t                        \t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol accordion-group__button-icon\" viewbox=\"0 0 12 12\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-plus-small.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t                        <\/span>\n\t                    <\/accordion-container-header-button>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-header>\n\t                <accordion-container-panel\n\t                    id=\"accordion-group-2\"\n\t                    class=\"accordion-group__item-panel\"\n\t                >\n\t                    <div class=\"accordion-group__item-panel-inner\">\n\t                        <p><p>January 9 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>February 20 &#8211; Quarterly update<\/p>\n<p>March 6 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>April 17 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>May 15 &#8211; Quarterly update<\/p>\n<p>June 12 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>July 17 &#8211; Quarterly update<\/p>\n<p>August 14 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>September 18 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>October 16 &#8211; Quarterly update<\/p>\n<p>November 20 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p>\n<p>December 11 &#8211; Monthly update<\/p><\/p>\n\t                    <\/div>\n\t                <\/accordion-container-panel>\n\t            <\/li>\n\t        \t    <\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/accordion-container>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#top\">Back to top<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Known Issue(s) Routings for financial approvals Access to budget reports Back to top Recent Fixes and Enhancements September 2026 Major Release from Workday: In addition to small weekly fixes, Workday releases platform-wise updates for all customers twice year in September and March. 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