How to Match Worktags to Purpose

Clear instructions on how to understand the purpose of each Worktag.  See Naming conventions and maximum field lengths on this document.

Company

Each division represented in Management Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) schedules of financial reports; considered the primary level at which one holds balanced set of books.

 

Cost Center

Area that owns a subset of revenues and/or expenses to support management decision making or accountability.

Business Unit

Generate Statement of Net Position (SNP) and Statement of Revenues, Expenses, and Change in Net Position (SRECNP).

Fund

High-level source of funds used to support GASB net position categories and state reporting requirements

Gift

Pledges, outright contributions received from private sources, or activities supported by an external party (i.e., donor).

Grant

Meets UVA’s policy definition of a sponsored program (e.g., federal, state, local and private).

Designated

Represents funding other than gifts and grants such as discretionary, state appropriations, ETF, including earned revenue such as tuition and Facilities & Administrative (F&A)

Project

Activity that has a defined start and end date (e.g., capital or IT project), multiple funding sources and hierarchy – ONLY IF BEING USED WITH MFS

Program

Defined at the school/unit level, Program captures activities or initiatives that are generally consistent over time (no definite start or end date), broad in nature, and typically spans across multiple cost centers, funding sources, projects and activities

Function

Used to categorize activities by mission; supports NACUBO, GASB and state reporting requirements

Activity

Envisioned as managerial reporting tool only, defined at school level; used to assign further granularity to programs and/or projects

Assignee

Allows tracking by individual; for identifying and reporting on financial activity and balances for which the individual is responsible (e.g., faculty, grad students)

Internal Reference

Track the various units’ internal reference numbers on transactions in Workday

Location

Represents physical locations to track assets and workers. Also used on operational transactions for identified use cases, such as tracking facilities-related costs for areas such as Athletics and Business Operations.

Loan

To track internal loans provided by the Internal Bank

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