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Employee Recognition

Workday

Give feedback to your coworkers and even reward them with gift cards for their hard work.

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Version 2025.1

For details and updates associated with this version of the app, see the App Catalog Changelog.

Deploy Instructions

  1. Click the “Create Copy” button above.
  2. To modify app source code:
    1. Open the app in the Console.
    2. Click Open in App Builder.
  3. After making any changes, Save and Deploy.

Manual Deploy (Alternative)

  1. Install the Workday Extend Plugin for IntelliJ.
  2. Download and unzip the app source code.
  3. Open in IntelliJ
    1. Go to Tools > Workday Extend > Log in to Workday Extend. You will be prompted to login to Workday Developer Site.
    2. Go to Tools > Workday Extend > Log in to Tenant. You will be prompted to choose your tenant.
    3. Go to Tools > Workday Extend > Deploy App to Tenant. Select your application.

Security

Model Components

Using App Manager, perform the following steps:

  1. In the Model Components section, locate the Security Domain Manage: Employee Recognition and click Create in the Domain Security Policy column.
  2. Check Confirm and click OK.
  3. Add the following Report/Task Permissions to the Domain Security Policy: Modify: HR Administrator, HR Partner, Manager

Request One-Time Payment REST API

  1. In your development tenant, search for and select the ‘Edit Business Process Security Policy’ task.

  2. Enter in ‘Request One-Time Payment’.

  3. Click ‘OK’.

  4. Scroll down to the section with the Initiating Item titled Request One-Time Payment (REST Service).

  5. Under the Security Groups item, add the following three groups: HR Administrator, HR Partner, Manager

  6. Click ‘OK’ and then ‘Done’.

  7. In your development tenant, search for the ‘Activate Pending Security Policy Changes’ task.

  8. You should see the changes we just implemented here.

  9. Fill in a comment and then select confirm on the follow up screen.

Run the Application

Run as a Task (for Direct Reports)

  1. Search for Give Employee Recognition in the Workday global search bar.
  2. Prompt and select the recipient of the recognition. Only direct reports will appear in the dropdown. Hit OK and continue to the main app.
  1. In your development tenant, search for an employee, i.e. ‘Adam Carlton’.
  2. Under related actions for that employee, scroll down to ‘Worker’, and select ‘Worker’ > ‘Employee Recognition’ to be taken to the Employee Recognition app with information for that employee pre-loaded.