Workday

Workday is a cloud-based software platform for enterprise resource planning (ERP) that provides solutions for human capital management (HCM), financial management, and analytics. It helps organizations streamline HR, payroll, and business processes in a unified system.

Integrating Workday with your application, enhances data insights, boosts compliance, and improves overall efficiency and employee experience.

Authentication

Before integrating Worday, ensure you have the following information: 

• Connection Name: Choose a descriptive name for your Gmail connection to help you identify it within your application or integration settings. A meaningful name, like "MyAppWorkdayIntegration," helps maintain organization, especially when managing multiple integrations.

•  Authentication Type: Select the type of authentication to connect to your workday account securely: 

  • Basic

  • OAuth

Basic Authentication

To set up your Workday connection with basic authentication, complete the following steps:

1. Locate and enter your Tenant ID from the URL when logged into Workday.

2. Provide the WSDL URL associated with your Workday services.

3. Input your Workday Login name and Password.

OAuth based Authentication

To set up your Workday connection with OAuth, complete the following steps: 

1. Locate and enter your Tenant ID from the URL when logged into Workday.

2. Provide the WSDL URL associated with your Workday services.

3. Enter the Client ID and Client Secret from your API client settings.

4. To get the Client ID and Client Secret follow the following steps:

   • In Workday's search bar, look for Register API Client for Integrations.

   • Select the Register API Client for Integrations task to open the registration page.

   • Provide a name for your API client in the Client Name field.

   • Choose the Non-Expiring Refresh Tokens option.

   • Define the API client's access scope, ensuring you include the Integration scope. This scope must cover key domain security policies like Integration Build, Integration Debug, Integration Process, and Integration Event. This is the minimum requirement for connecting with Workday, along with any specific operations needed for your integration.

   • Click OK to generate the Client ID and Client Secret.