A short, searchable list of legacy terms and the Workday terms that replace them. Please submit questions and additions here.
A Legacy to Workday Terminology List
| We Call it This (Legacy System Term) | Workday Calls it That (New Workday Term) | Workday Area |
|---|---|---|
| Accounts | Cost Centers | HCM |
| Departments | Supervisory Organizations | HCM |
| Employee type | Job Family Group | HCM |
| Evaluations | Performance Management | HCM |
| Hiring and Orientation | Onboarding | HCM |
| Human Resources (HR) | Human Capital Management (HCM) | HCM |
| Leave | Time Off (short-term absence, e.g., vacation or brief illness) | HCM |
| Non-Pooled Position | Position Management | HCM |
| NPD-19 | Change Job | HCM |
| Personnel/Payroll Action Form (PAF) | Job Requisition | HCM |
| Pooled Positions | Job Management | HCM |
| Qualifying Event | Benefit Event or Life Event | HCM |
| Time Sheets | Time Tracking | HCM |
| Volunteer | Contingent Worker | HCM |
| Rank/Range | Comp Grade | HCM |
| Accounts | Financial Worktags | FIN |
| Accounts Payable | Supplier Accounts | FIN |
| Accounts Receivable | Revenue Management or Customer Accounts | FIN |
| Activity | Function | FIN |
| Agency | Cost Center or Hierarchy | FIN |
| BACC | Ledger Account | FIN |
| Chart of Accounts | Foundation Data Model (FDM) | FIN |
| Check Run | Settlement Run | FIN |
| Departments | Cost Center Hierarchy | FIN |
| Direct Deposit Information | Payment Election | FIN |
| Employee | Worker | FIN |
| Encumbrance | Obligation | FIN |
| Fixed Assets | Business Assets | FIN |
| Journal Entry | Accounting Journal | FIN |
| Journal Voucher | An operational journal entry via transaction or EIB, or an accounting journal entry added manually | FIN |
| Manual Checks | On-Demand Checks | FIN |
| Object | Ledger Account | FIN |
| Object Code | Ledger Account | FIN |
| Payment Voucher | Supplier Invoice Request (in most cases) | FIN |
| Pre-encumbrance | Commitment | FIN |
| Revenue Source | Ledger Account | FIN |
| Sub-Object | Spend Category | FIN |
| Sub-Revenue Source | Revenue Category | FIN |
| Purchasing | Procurement | FIN |
| Travel Authorization | Spend Authorization | FIN |
| Travel Claim | Expense Report | FIN |
| Travel Expenses | Expenses | FIN |
| Vendor | Supplier | FIN |
| Initiate a Classified step increase for merit | Select a Comp Change Reason of “Classified Step Increase Merit” | FIN |
| Advice | Pay Slip | HCM |
| iLeave | Time Off | HCM |
| Pay Lines | Costing Allocation | HCM / FIN |
| Workplace | Building/Room | HCM / FIN |