generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: >-
  https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c547385-848b-4005-ab2c-632f1d6b5688.md (Get Started on the Workday
  Developer Platform), https://developer.workday.com/doc/rni1611281077170.md (Validate Only Mode),
  https://developer.workday.com/rest-api-explorer
public_sandbox: false
summary: >-
  Workday publishes no anonymous sandbox, no test credentials and no test data for the Benefits APIs. What it
  publishes is a non-production TENANT model plus a request-level dry run, both of which require an account.
environments:
  - name: Development tenant
    type: non-production
    access: >-
      Provisioned through the Workday Developer Site Console (Tenants > Launch Tenant) and signed into with
      Developer Platform credentials. Requires a developer account; not self-serve for the public.
    purpose: Design, configure and prototype apps, integrations, business processes and security before promoting.
  - name: Sandbox / implementation tenant
    type: non-production
    access: Customer-provisioned (for example wd2-impl-* hostnames); tenant-scoped, customer credentials only.
    purpose: Test configuration changes and new features before moving them to production.
  - name: Production tenant
    type: production
try_it:
  surface: REST API Explorer
  url: https://developer.workday.com/rest-api-explorer
  anonymous: false
  note: >-
    Workday's own service directory marks per-operation "tryEnabled" flags; both Benefit Enrollment Event
    Offerings operations and the Benefit Partner POST are tryEnabled=false, so even signed-in developers
    cannot execute those two services from the explorer. Trying them requires a connected tenant.
dry_run:
  supported: true
  header: 'x-validate-only: 1'
  applies_to: [POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE]
  note: >-
    The closest thing to test data Workday offers - it runs the whole validation chain against real tenant
    configuration and returns the errors without persisting anything.
  source: https://developer.workday.com/doc/rni1611281077170.md
test_values:
  published: false
  note: No test card, test identifier, magic value or fixture set is published for the Benefits surface.