Sep. 25, 2024

Workday has upgraded several features to maximize the user experience. The changes took effect on September 21 and include the following:

Improved Benefit Elections Experience

Workday improves your experience of managing your benefits with the card framework, providing a quick-glance view that is consistent throughout Benefits. The updated experience is in the Benefit Election tab in the Benefits and Pay Hub and Benefits Menu in the User Profile. Users can click the View as Grid button to see their elections as a grid and to print or download as a spreadsheet.

New Expenses Hub

Workday delivers a new Expenses Hub that centralizes expense tasks and reports for an improved user
experience. The new hub provides self-service users with visibility over their expenses and enables them to address pending actions quickly and easily. The Expense Hub includes the following:

  • Create an expense report and spend authorization
  • View Outstanding tasks to complete
  • View Expense and Spend authorization history
  • Manage Payment Elections

For more information, please access the Expense Hub Demo.

User Experience Improvements

Workday continues to improve on the user experience including searching, search results, and identifying errors. 

  • Blue Buttons Default - Workday updates the default color for primary buttons from orange to blue. This update provides a visual refresh and enhances accessibility for users.
  • Enhanced Tab Design - A blue underscore indicates the active main tab, while a gray border highlight indicates the sub tab. The More menu now displays only the overflow tabs instead of all tabs.
  • Error Banner for Modals - Workday delivers an enhanced error banner for modals that provides a more concise experience.
  • AI Enhanced Search - Workday added a new Simplified Search toggle at the top of the search results page. Enabling the Simplified Search toggle:
  1. Displays the new Top Results which provide the most relevant and personalized search results for the search query entered by the user.
  2. Moves your search categories to the top of the search results page.
  3. Adds a new All Categories menu.
  4. Moves the View Search Tips and View Help Center options to the bottom of the search results page.
  5. Renames the Configure Search option to Edit Category Preferences and moves it within the All Categories menu.

If you require assistance with Workday, please submit a support ticket through the Business Affairs Administration Portal.