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MyFD Retirement

This will depend on whether you are accessing historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier) or future state data (Fiscal Year 2024 and later).

Historical Data: Reporting in MyFD will remain available for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close; the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, current users will be able to access historical data in the same way they always have. Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available).

Future State Data: The preferred method for accessing this data will be via Workday reports. A Financial Desktop dashboard is under development to guide users from MyFD reports to comparable resources in Workday. This dashboard will be available within Workday.

Additional resources are under development to help current MyFD users transition to the future state. Please follow the System Crosswalk - Current to Future State page in the UWFT Change Network, which will be updated as more resources become available.

Reports and queries will remain available in MyFD for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close, however, the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, users will be able to run queries and reports the same way they do today to access historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier)

Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available.

Reports (Budget Summary)

This will depend on whether you are accessing historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier) or future state data (Fiscal Year 2024 and later).

Historical Data: Reporting in MyFD will remain available for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close; the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, current users will be able to access historical data in the same way they always have. Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available).

Future State Data: The preferred method for accessing this data will be via Workday reports. A Financial Desktop dashboard is under development to guide users from MyFD reports to comparable resources in Workday. This dashboard will be available within Workday.

Additional resources are under development to help current MyFD users transition to the future state. Please follow the System Crosswalk - Current to Future State page in the UWFT Change Network, which will be updated as more resources become available.

Reports and queries will remain available in MyFD for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close, however, the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, users will be able to run queries and reports the same way they do today to access historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier)

Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available.

Direct Costs will be listed on the Budget Summary report directly under the Total Expenditures line.

Indirect Costs can be found on the Budget Summary report listed as Total FAC and Admin Cost under the Total Expenditures line. They can also be found on the Transaction Summary report as a line for Indirect Costs.

MyFD automatically displays the correct Project Reporting Period for each specific budget type and by extension, the correct Remaining Budgeted Amount. For example, for grant budgets the "Activity to Date" option is available, while for state budgets, the "Fiscal Year" and "Biennium" options are available. More information regarding Reporting Period is on our Budget Summary and Transaction Summary webpages.

Reports (Current Encumbrances)

This will depend on whether you are accessing historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier) or future state data (Fiscal Year 2024 and later).

Historical Data: Reporting in MyFD will remain available for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close; the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, current users will be able to access historical data in the same way they always have. Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available).

Future State Data: The preferred method for accessing this data will be via Workday reports. A Financial Desktop dashboard is under development to guide users from MyFD reports to comparable resources in Workday. This dashboard will be available within Workday.

Additional resources are under development to help current MyFD users transition to the future state. Please follow the System Crosswalk - Current to Future State page in the UWFT Change Network, which will be updated as more resources become available.

Reports and queries will remain available in MyFD for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close, however, the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, users will be able to run queries and reports the same way they do today to access historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier)

Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available.

Reports (Transaction Summary)

This will depend on whether you are accessing historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier) or future state data (Fiscal Year 2024 and later).

Historical Data: Reporting in MyFD will remain available for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close; the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, current users will be able to access historical data in the same way they always have. Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available).

Future State Data: The preferred method for accessing this data will be via Workday reports. A Financial Desktop dashboard is under development to guide users from MyFD reports to comparable resources in Workday. This dashboard will be available within Workday.

Additional resources are under development to help current MyFD users transition to the future state. Please follow the System Crosswalk - Current to Future State page in the UWFT Change Network, which will be updated as more resources become available.

Reports and queries will remain available in MyFD for a period (likely 9-12 months) after Biennium Close, however, the exact length of time is still to be determined. During this time, users will be able to run queries and reports the same way they do today to access historical data (Fiscal Year 2023 and earlier)

Once MyFD shuts down completely, this data will be accessible via the BI Portal, where a subset of MyFD reports is already available.

Direct Costs will be listed on the Budget Summary report directly under the Total Expenditures line.

Indirect Costs can be found on the Budget Summary report listed as Total FAC and Admin Cost under the Total Expenditures line. They can also be found on the Transaction Summary report as a line for Indirect Costs.

You can find the FTE total by viewing the Transaction Summary Report and finding the FTE column next to the Amount column.

MyFD displays transactions in correct Fiscal month, or the month the transaction occurred rather than the month that they post, or accounting month; FIN displays transactions in the accounting month. It is common to see a discrepancy between MyFD and FIN during the year end or biennium close period; many of these "missing" transactions can be found in MyFD in June.

Additionally, there are some important differences between Biennium and Project Period reporting views, especially in reference to grants and contracts.

Financial Accounting maintains the benefit rate table here, found under Payroll Load Rates - Detailed List
http://www.washington.edu/admin/finacct/detailrates96-11.pdf

MyFD automatically displays the correct Project Reporting Period for each specific budget type and by extension, the correct Remaining Budgeted Amount. For example, for grant budgets the "Activity to Date" option is available, while for state budgets, the "Fiscal Year" and "Biennium" options are available. More information regarding Reporting Period is on our Budget Summary and Transaction Summary webpages.

Benefit rates are summarized by account code and neither MyFD nor FAS display the individual rates per employee. The calculation formula and rates can be found here under Payroll Load Rates http://www.washington.edu/admin/finacct/loadrate.html

The "Balance Forwarded - TC31" transactions can be ignored. They are the system's way of carrying forward expenditure totals from one biennium to the next for budgets (such as grants) that span multiple biennia. In other words, because our system only retains data for three biennia, we have to "lump sum" the expenditure totals for budgets like this in order to ensure that we have accurate totals. These transactions will only occur during biennium close and can be disregarded.

There are a few explanations for why this may occur:

Your budget may have begun after the start of the selected reporting period, therefore no prior transactions would exist.
If viewing the first fiscal year of a biennium, there are no prior transactions because each biennium is accounted for separate from the next.
For gift budgets, prior transactions may appear in the new biennium as forwarded expenditures, etc.

Financial Accounting maintains the benefit rate table here, found under Payroll Load Rates - Summary List :
http://www.washington.edu/admin/finacct/loadrate.html