General Glossary
Real-Time Data
The immediate availability of data to an information software as a transaction or event occurs.
Real-Time Data
The immediate availability of data to an information software as a transaction or event occurs.
Related Business Object
When defining a report, fields that return objects related to the primary business object are said to contain related business objects. These related objects may have their own set of fields that can be included in the report as well.
Related Worktags
Used to specify purpose of transactions. Auto-populate based on Driver Worktags and should not be changed by user. Include Cost Center, Fund, Class, and Function.
Report Data Sources
Predefined groups of logically related fields, used when creating reports with Report Writer, which define the data in the report row. For example, the report data source “Employees” contains contact information, personal data, and identification information. Report data sources also include which roles have access to see the report data.
Requisition
A request for goods or services.
Requisition Template
A collection of goods and services that makes the requisition process simpler, faster, and more manageable.
Rescind (business process)
Rescinding a business process operates on completed business processes. It completely reverses all changes made to Workday data. It is also a securable action in a business process security policy.
Resource
Any item users want to track, from Institute vehicles to software licenses and access cards. For capital resources, users can capture the acquisition cost and record depreciation based on the depletion schedule attributes. Users can also track resource custodianship.
Resource Category
When users set up expense items and purchase items, users assign a resource category. It is a classification in procurement and resource management that provides a logical grouping to search and report on acquired items and services. It can also be used to drive different accounting behavior as it is a dimension in account posting rule types used in procurement and resource management.
Revenue Category
When users set up sales items, users assign a revenue category. It is a classification in customer contracts and billing that provides a logical grouping to search and report on items and services users sell. It can also be used to drive different accounting behavior as it is a dimension in account posting rule types used in customer contracts, billing, and accounts receivable.
RFP (Request for Proposal)
A formal invitation for a vendor to participate in a bidding process when a Institute intends to purchase a product or service.
Role-Based Security Group
A role-based security group specifies one organization role and includes workers in job positions defined for that organization role.
Roles
Roles define a group of people with specific responsibilities and permissions. When a business process runs, the role for each step includes all of the workers in that role in the business process target organization.
Roll Forward
A roll-forward is just a ledger of activity in the account. The roll-forward rolls the balance from the prior period and adds all the pluses and minuses (debits and credits) that take you to the balance this period.
