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Best Practices

Ariba is in read only status. 

Payment information you will not see in Payment Loop:

  •   Any transaction paid by wire
  •   When invoice number is more than 15 characters long

How to view the payment status in ARIBA for BPO, PO and Non-PO Invoice:
1.Search for your invoice
2.Check the ‘Status’ field.

       a.  If the status is ‘Reconciled’, some payment information may be available.
       b. If the status is ‘Reconciling’, the invoice reconciliation is still in process; payment information is not yet available

 3.  Click on the ‘Invoice ID’
 4.  Click on the ‘Reconciliation’ Tab
 5.  Click on the ‘ID’
 6.  Click on the ‘Payments’ Tab
 7.  Click on the ‘Payment Requests ID’
 8.  When available, the payment information should display under ‘Transaction Details’

Meaning of Checks Number prefix letters:
A - Paper Checks
R - ePayables Card
T - ACH Payments

How to view the payment status in Ariba for Payment to Individuals (XP), eReimbursements (XR) and eTravel Expense Reports (ER):

1. The Payment Details section is located towards the bottom of the Summary page.

Meaning of Checks Number prefix letters:
A - Paper Checks

E - Direct Deposit

Use of UW Connect Finance has presented a significant learning curve, and all teams communicating within UWCF are bringing patience to their daily activities, utilizing office hours, and trying different methods of doing things within Connect to attempt to streamline and become as efficient as possible as soon as possible. We are definitely, learning together! 

One of our training team members was formerly on the PCS team, and both work closely with PCS (they are under the same manager) to create content. 

The catalog web page lists all the suppliers that have a catalog available in Workday at 

https://finance.uw.edu/ps/how-to-buy/ariba/catalog-purchases 

You would obtain a quote from the vendor. If there is specific pricing, you may also contact the Procurement contract manager for that contract for assistance.

Departments can purchase gift cards for employee recognition using their ProCard. The gift must be reported to Payroll because the gift is taxable. See the Employee Recognition webpage and the Employee Recognition FAQs.

The department should have a defined, documented and monitored procedure for how recognition works and the gift cards are given.

The gift cards must be treated like cash and managed using Cash Management controls.

The gift cards must be reported to Payroll as income by emailing the amounts of the recognition to pr-tax@uw.edu.

Note: Gift cards should not be purchased with one’s own credit card and then be reimbursed.

Yes, Guy Brown is currently a catalog vendor in Workday. 

There is not a specific list; it depends on several factors: the vendor, the budget, the item being purchased, etc.  

Yes - you may look up the training guide "Pro-J-05" in the Bridge training website.

We are currently researching this question and look forward to having a definitive answer soon. 

Invoices are submitted by suppliers to uwashington@ghxinvoicing.com and will be uploaded by the system from there. Due to the unusually high volume of invoices due to FT, we cannot provide an average estimated timeline at this time.

You may check the “Process History” tab for the routing status. A PO number will also appear in the “Sourcing” column on the line items when a PO has been issued.  

We are currently researching this question and look forward to having a definitive answer soon. 

To track supplier invoices, you may run the R1149 report and if the invoices show a paid status, run the R1146 report to get the actual payment date and payment number and method.

All Purchase Orders are transmitted via email by Workday except catalog vendors, which are sent electronically via GHX. 

Contact the contract manager to correct the PO in order to avoid duplicate orders.  

Yes - Bridge training "Pro-J-05" has instructions on receiving.

As a state institution, we do not issue money orders or cashier's checks.

We will have a contract review intake form available to campus soon (currently in progress). Until then, the contract review process for P2I is to manually send them via Connect or email to Procurement. 

uwashington@ghxinvoicing.com

Per the guidance on the "For Suppliers" webpage, non-subcontract, standard goods and services use the uwashington@ghxinvoicing.com email unless the supplier is integrated with GHX (suppliers should know whether they are integrated with GHX and this email does not apply); per the MRAM "July 13 Meeting Q&A Follow Up," the same guidance was provided for subawards to use the uwashingto@ghxinvoicing.com email as well.