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Update Workday Accounts Boomerang

Workday

Fetch workers that meet a certain condition and update their workday accounts.

Integration App Orchestration Workday Orchestrate Workday RaaS Workday HCM
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Overview

In this example case, Workers from Hong Kong should have ‘_hk’ as a suffix added to their workday account usernames.

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.

Configuration Instructions

Create Custom Report

  1. In your tenant, search for the Create Custom Report task.
  2. Fill in the form as outlined below:
    • Report Name: Workday Accounts To Update
    • Report Type: Advanced
    • Data Source: Workers For HCM Reporting
  3. Add the following Fields to your report:
    Business Object: Worker
FieldColumn Heading Override XML Alias
Legal Name - First NameFirst_Name
Legal Name - Last NameLast_Name
Employee IDEmployee_ID
Worker TypeWorker_Type
Workday AccountWorkday_Account

  1. Filter on Instances:

    • Field: Location Address Country (In the Selection List, Specified in this filter - “Hong Kong”)

  2. Advanced:

    • Select: Enable As Web Service
    • Modify: Namespace to be: urn:com.workday/bsvc

  3. Save the custom report

  4. Find the report owner and name for the API call:

    • Click on ther reports’ Related Actions and select Web Service -> View URLs
    • Right-Click REST Workday XML -> Copy URL
    • The URL will follow this format: https://subdomain.part.myworkday.com/ccx/service/customreport2/tenantname/REPORT_OWNER/REPORT_NAME
    • Take note of the last two elements, including the /, for example lmcneil/WorkdayAccounts

Create an Integration System

  1. In your Tenant, run the Create Integration System task.
  2. Name your Integration System
  3. Set the template as Orchestration Integration Template
  4. From your Integration System, access the Maintain Integration Attributes.
    • Add an Integration Attribute called: ReportReference
    • Set the Attribute Type to Data Type and then select Text
  5. From your Integration System, access the Configure Integration Attributes.
    • Configure the Application Reference ID, and the Orchestration Name to match your app.
    • Configure ReportReference to point to your Custom Report by pasting the reportOwner/reportName you noted before.

Usage Instructions

  1. Log in to your tenant
  2. Search for and run the Launch / Schedule Integration Task
  3. Enter name assigned during configuration as the Integration System and click OK.
  4. Provide values for the Launch Parameters as appropriate and click OK.
  5. Review the Integration Event screen to monitor execution and completion status of the event.