Accounting

Statewide Accounting glossary

This is a list of terms used within the Washington Administrative and Accounting Manual (WAAM) and within Workday. To find a term, enter it in in the search box, and select 'Apply'.

NOTE: Terms from the OFM DEIB glossary are currently also showing up here - please disregard until this is fixed.

Term	Glossary	Sub-Category	Definition
Reimbursable expenses	WAAM		Amounts expended for or on account of the project that, in accordance with the terms of the appropriate agreement, are to be reimbursed by the agency/institution such as telephone charges and travel expenses in accordance with state guidelines.
Related Business Object	Workday	Cross Application	When defining a report, fields that return objects related to the primary business object are said to contain related business objects. These related objects may have their own set of fields that can be included in the report as well.
Related Calculation	Workday	Payroll	A calculation that returns a value, such as hours, rate, or percent, that can be used to resolve earnings and deductions, to display on pay results, or for other calculation purposes. [See also: pay component related calculation.]
Remediated Integration	WAAM		An integration containing Workday accounting values.
Remediation	WAAM		The system modifications necessary to make an agency's computer system/application compatible with Workday using its associated FDM model, worktags, and values.
Replacement Payment	Workday	Payroll	An off-cycle payment that replaces a worker's on-cycle payment in a period that is in progress or not yet started. You can process replacement payments as part of a manual payment or on demand payment.
Report Data Sources	Workday	Cross Application	Predefined groups of logically related fields, used when creating reports with Report Writer, which define the data in the report row. For example, the report data source “Employees” contains contact information, personal data, and identification information. Report data sources also include which roles have access to see the report data.
Reported Time	Workday	Time Tracking	A worker's time that has been entered onto the time entry calendar but has not had any time calculations applied.
Request Authorization	WAAM		This is the phase or process prior to beginning the contract life cycle when purchasers seek authority, approval or assistance with a procurement or purchase. Typically includes scope, estimated cost, funding source, timeline, proposed solution.
Request for Change (RFC)	WAAM		A request for changes to configuration that do not impact scope, schedule, or budget are reviewed by the configuration change control board. Such request should clearly define reasons for the desired change in the system or application, what will be achieved with the change and how the changes will be implemented. All requests for change must be approved by the OneWA program executive director.
Requisition	WAAM		Also known as a purchase request. A form used by agencies to request DES to order materials, supplies, and equipment, or to request an amendment of a previous requisition. An internal process to initiate the request and approval process.
Requisition Template	Workday	Financial	A collection of goods and services that makes the requisition process simpler, faster, and more manageable.
Rescind (business process)	Workday	Cross Application	Rescinding a business process operates on completed business processes. It completely reverses all changes made to Workday data. It is also a securable action in a business process security policy.
Reserve or fund balance	WAAM		In budget terminology, the difference between budgeted resources and expenditures.
Reserved allotment status	WAAM		The portion of expenditure authority not expected to be used because of circumstances such as the Governor's across-the-board allotment reductions, technical corrections, or proviso compliance.
Resource	Workday	Financial	Any item you want to track, from company vehicles to software licenses and access cards. For capital resources, you can capture the acquisition cost and record depreciation based on the depletion schedule attributes. You can also track resource custodianship.
Resource Category	Workday	Financial	When you set up expense items and purchase items, you assign a resource category. It is a classification in procurement and resource management that provides a logical grouping to search and report on acquired items and services. It can also be used to drive different accounting behavior as it is a dimension in account posting rule types used in procurement and resource management.
Responsive bidder	WAAM		An entity that has submitted a bid that fully conforms to the requirements stated in the Competitive Solicitation.
REST	WAAM		Representational State Transfer (REST) is a software architecture that imposes conditions on how an API should work. REST or RESTful APIs follow secure, reliable, and efficient software communication standards. The REST standards-based architecture uses HTTP protocol to access resources.
Results Washington	WAAM		Results Washington combines the best aspects of previous performance management and performance budgeting efforts such as Government Management Accountability and Performance (GMAP) and Priorities of Government (POG) with a significantly expanded Lean initiative that will involve all state agencies.
Retain	WAAM		To continue using a computer system/application instead of utilizing Workday functionality. Note: A decision to retain a computer system/application may require extensive conversation and integration work.
Retainage	WAAM		Those portions of cash amounts due to be paid to a contractor for work completed that are held back (retained) by the agency/institution and not paid until some later date; often at substantial completion or at final completion of the work, according to the terms and conditions of the contract and any relevant legal statue; as a security for proper performance of work and fulfillment of contractor's requirements.
Revenue category	WAAM		Granular view of revenue for goods and services provided. Defaults from a sales item.
Revenue Category	Workday	Financial	When you set up sales items, you assign a revenue category. It is a classification in customer contracts and billing that provides a logical grouping to search and report on items and services you sell. It can also be used to drive different accounting behavior as it is a dimension in account posting rule types used in customer contracts, billing, and accounts receivable.
Revenues	WAAM		Cash receipts and receivables of a governmental unit derived from taxes and other sources.
Reversal	Workday	Payroll	An off-cycle calculation that reverses the results of a completed pay calculation for a worker.
Reversion	WAAM		Unused appropriation authority. If an agency does not spend all of its appropriation in the timeframe specified by the budget, the authorization to spend that dollar amount expires.
Review Category	Workday	Human Capital Management (HCM)	Workday supplies four employee review categories: • Development Plan • Disciplinary Action • Personal Improvement Plan • Performance Review The business process definitions for employee reviews are specific to the review categories. This allows you to define unique processes for each category. Note that the review types" you define in each category are used by name when defining review templates and starting employee reviews. "
Review Template	Workday	Human Capital Management (HCM)	A collection of instructions, sections, and questions that can be used when you start an employee review. A template is specific to a review type. Workday supplies several sections (for example, Responsibilities and Competencies) from which you can select the appropriate ones for the specific template.
Review Type	Workday	Human Capital Management (HCM)	You define specific types of each Workday-supplied review category. For example, in the Performance Review category, you could define the Annual Review type and the Ad Hoc Performance Review type. When you start a review or define review templates, you choose a review type, not a review category.

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