Workday Data Sources

Workday Data Sources

For reporting, Data Source is a must. You need to select your data source at the time of creating your report.

Multiple data sources can have the same primary business object. Example: Both the All Workers and All Active and Terminated Workers data sources have Worker as the primary business object.

Some data sources return all instances of the primary business object, such as All Workers. Some data sources also include:

-Built-in filters that limit the number of business object instances. Example: All Active Employees.

-Prompts that you can use when running the report. Example: Employees by Organization.

Workday secures data sources and data source filters by security domains. Different domains might secure a data source and its data source filters. Example: Many domains secure the Workers for HCM Reporting data source, but only the Worker Data: Headcount Reports and Worker Data: Turnover Summary domains secure the Workers by Role filter on the data source.

From the related actions menu of a data source, you can select Custom Report > Create to create a custom report using the data source.

Access the Report Data Sources, in this report you can see the Primary Business Object, permitted Security Groups, Data Source type, Prompts and most importantly Description of the data source. This provides you with the detailed information of what that particular data source is all about.