Determines how a resource will be depreciated, and specifies the depreciation method and depreciation start date. Each resource category is assigned one depreciation profile, and each resource depreciation profile is defaulted by its resource category.

Some aspect of or perspective on data that you want to use as the basis for analysis. For example, for financial accounting, you can analyze revenue by customer, by channel, or by marketing campaign. For expenses, you can analyze costs by cost center or by project. All of these are dimensions. Dimensions are usually created with worktags.

An application used to track requests for director review of job classification assignment to a position.

A domain is a collection of related securable items such as actions, reports, report data, report data sources, or custom report fields. Each domain is secured by a domain security policy.

Matrix reports enable you to drill down to see underlying data. When you click on a drillable element (such as a drillable field in the table view or a column, line, or pie segment in the chart view), a context menu appears that enables you to select a new View By field. If the Enable Drilldown to Detail Data check box is selected on the Advanced tab of the report definition, you can also select Details associated with the selected report element.

A measure that shows the relationship between inputs (dollars or FTEs) to output or outcome.

A set of unforeseen circumstances beyond the control of the agency that either: (a) Presents a real, immediate, and extreme threat to the proper performance of essential functions; or (b) May reasonably be expected to result in material loss or damage to property, bodily injury, or loss of life, if immediate action is not taken.

Commitments related to unperformed (executory) contracts for goods or services. Used in budgeting, encumbrances are not GAAP expenditures or liabilities, but represent the estimated number of expenditures ultimately to result if unperformed contracts in process are completed. An encumbrance is often recorded at the time a purchase order is processed.

Person or organization that actually uses a product, as opposed to the person or organization that authorizes, orders, procures, or pays for it.

An enterprise data warehouse (EDW) is a modern reporting and data analysis solution that is scalable to meet current and future business needs. The new OFM EDW will help to set the foundation for strategic information and analysis across multiple data sources to support emerging data needs. 

The process of exporting data out of Workday to an external system or importing data into Workday from an external system. An Enterprise Interface consists of an integration system, an integration data source, an integration transformation, and an integration transport protocol.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of common business practices across the enterprise and the technology that supports them. A complete ERP system combines data on an organization's main resources and provides decision makers with real time, enterprise information.

Tangible property other than land, buildings, improvements other than buildings, or infrastructure which is used in operations and with a useful life of more than one year. Examples are furnishings, equipment, and software. Equipment may be attached to a structure for purposes of securing the item, but unless it is permanently attached to or an integral part of the building or structure, it is classified as equipment and not buildings.

Permission for agencies to disburse moneys or accrue liabilities during specific fiscal periods, up to specified amounts, from specific accounts. Authority is provided by the Legislature, through appropriations or inclusion of nonappropriated account moneys in the legislative budget, and by the executive through allocations, approval of unanticipated receipts, or across-the-board spending reductions.