Foundation Data Model

What is it?

The Workday Foundation Data Model, or FDM, is the design of the data model used across HCM, Payroll, Supply Chain, and Financials that establishes the foundation for Workday transaction processing and reporting.

Why is it important?

The FDM provides the foundation for three key functions in Workday:

Security

  • Which transactions can I initiate?
  • Which transactions can I approve?
  • Who approves my transactions?
  • What transactions can I see?
  • For which organizations can I see transactions?

 

Reporting

  • Real-time, actionable, drillable
  • Filter and analyze data using financial and non-financial dimensions
  • Ability to trigger notifications and/or alerts
  • Standardized financial, operational and management reporting

Business Processes

  • Accounting Journals
  • Job Requisitions
  • Change/Add Job
  • Supplier Invoices
  • Payroll Payments
  • Settlement
  • Position Budgets

Want to learn more?

View the recording of our FDM Orientation held in the summer of 2024:

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FDM Education Session Participants, Fall 2024

Finance/Research

Taylor Jantz

Senior VP & CFO

Laura Ling

Finance Workstream Lead

Jackie Tucker

Program Manager

Stephanie Gray

Research Advisor & AVP, DSP

Tiffany Schmidt

AVP, Contracts & Grants

Matt Ellis

AVP & University Controller

Raquhel Alexander

University Athletic Association

Zac Bielling

College Liaison – PHHP, Florida Health Professions Association

Jennifer Brown

IFAS Component Units

Chloe Campbell

Senior Team Lead – Revenues

Michael Hanes

Reporting Lead

James House

UF Foundation, UF Alumni Association, UF Investment Company

Mike Johnson

UF Foundation, UF Alumni Association, UF Investment Company

Ana Meyer-Ruiz

Senior Team Lead – Core Financials

Kendra Miller

UF Health Shands Gainesville, Shands Central Florida, Gatorcare

Maja Palavestra

Team Lead – General Ledger

Nate Shreve

UF Health Shands Gainesville, Shands Central Florida, Gatorcare

Hector Silva

College Liaison – Education

Sean Simmons

FDM Lead/Planning & Budget Lead

Meena Thiyagarajah

College Liaison – IFAS

Kruthi Voddhiraju

FDM Analyst

Julie Wang

Budget Office

Mike Wright

FCPA, College of Medicine

 

 

HR/Payroll

Melissa Curry

Vice President, Human Resources

Amber Wuertz

Workstream Lead

Brent Goodman

HCM Data/Core Lead

Chris Hass

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs

Cathy Lebo

Associate Provost for Institutional Planning & Research

Brook Mercier

AVP, Human Resources

Donna Kolb

AVP, Enrollment Management

Kim Alderson

Payroll

Gayla Beach

UF Health Shands

Erica Boyd

Recruitment Lead

Megan Burnsed

Payroll

Shannon Edwards

Benefits Lead

Matt Glicco

Compensation Lead

Susan Hack

Enrollment Management

Jessica McLane

Absence Management & Time Tracking Lead

Tatia Miller

Univ Athletic Association, Gator Boosters

Elizabeth Moore

Talent & Performance Lead

Jenny Seitz

Workstream Coordinator

Linda Smith

Payroll

Carolynne Standish

Compensation Lead

Johannes Traster

HCM SME – Employment Records

 

 

Organizational Change Management

Angie Brown

Workstream Lead – OCM

Gwynn Cadwallader

UFHR Training & Organizational Development

Renee Hancock

OCM Support

Sarah Hanson

Training Lead

 

 

Technical/Data & Reporting

Elias Eldayrie

Vice President & CIO

Nicole Jeffers

Workstream Lead – Technical

Saira Hasnain

AVP, UFIT

Jim Freymann

Data & Reporting Lead

Fran Fiorello

Data & Reporting

Ashwin Gopinath

Data & Reporting

Kannan Chidanbaram

Payroll

Mikki Hall

Chart of Accounts

Stephan Solomon

HCM

Monica Thames

Chart of Accounts

 

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