name: Workday Extend Vocabulary
description: Vocabulary and taxonomy for Workday Extend platform APIs covering application development, orchestration automation, and custom data modeling.
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created: '2026-05-03'
modified: '2026-05-03'

domains:
  - name: Application Lifecycle
    description: Concepts related to Workday Extend application development and deployment
    terms:
      - name: App
        description: A Workday Extend custom application built on the Extend platform
        synonyms: [Application, Custom App, Extend App]
        related: [AppVersion, AppDeployment, AppConfiguration]
      - name: App Version
        description: A specific version of an Extend application, following semantic versioning
        synonyms: [Version, Release]
        related: [App, AppDeployment]
      - name: App Deployment
        description: An instance of an Extend application version deployed to an environment
        synonyms: [Deployment, Release Deployment]
        related: [App, AppVersion, Environment]
      - name: App Configuration
        description: Environment-specific configuration key-value settings for an application
        synonyms: [Configuration, Settings, Config]
        related: [App, Environment]
      - name: Environment
        description: A target runtime environment (sandbox or production) for Extend apps
        values: [sandbox, production]

  - name: Orchestration
    description: Concepts related to business process automation and orchestration
    terms:
      - name: Orchestration
        description: A visual workflow definition that automates business processes using connected steps
        synonyms: [Workflow, Business Process Flow, Orchestration Flow]
        related: [OrchestrationExecution, OrchestrationStep, OrchestrationTrigger]
      - name: Orchestration Execution
        description: A running instance of an orchestration with specific input data
        synonyms: [Execution, Run, Workflow Instance]
        related: [Orchestration, OrchestrationStep]
      - name: Orchestration Step
        description: An individual action within an orchestration flow (connector, transformation, condition)
        synonyms: [Step, Flow Step, Action]
        related: [Orchestration]
      - name: Orchestration Trigger
        description: The mechanism by which an orchestration is initiated (API, event, schedule, or business process)
        synonyms: [Trigger, Activation Trigger]
        values: [api, event, scheduled, business_process]
        related: [Orchestration]

  - name: Custom Objects
    description: Concepts for extending the Workday data model with custom objects
    terms:
      - name: Custom Object Definition
        description: A type definition that extends a standard Workday business object with additional fields
        synonyms: [Custom Object Type, Object Schema, Custom Data Schema]
        related: [CustomObjectField, ParentObjectType]
      - name: Custom Object Field
        description: An individual data attribute defined within a custom object type
        synonyms: [Field, Attribute, Custom Field]
        related: [CustomObjectDefinition]
      - name: Parent Object Type
        description: The standard Workday business object a custom object is attached to
        values: [worker, organization, position, job_profile]
        related: [CustomObjectDefinition]
      - name: Instance Type
        description: Whether a custom object supports a single or multiple instances per parent record
        values: [single, multi]

  - name: Graph API
    description: Concepts for querying and traversing Workday data via the Graph API
    terms:
      - name: WQL Query
        description: A Workday Query Language statement providing SQL-like access to business objects
        synonyms: [Workday Query Language, WQL]
        related: [BusinessObject, GraphQuery]
      - name: Business Object Type
        description: A Workday data entity type discoverable and queryable through the Graph API
        synonyms: [Entity Type, Object Type]
        related: [WQLQuery]

  - name: Authentication
    description: Security and identity concepts for Workday Extend
    terms:
      - name: OAuth2 Scope
        description: A permission scope required to access specific Extend API resources
        synonyms: [API Scope, Permission Scope]
        examples: [extend:apps, orchestrate:orchestrations, customObjects:manage, graph:read]
      - name: Tenant
        description: An isolated Workday instance identified by a unique tenant name in API URLs
        synonyms: [Workday Tenant, Customer Instance]

tags:
  - Automation
  - Custom Applications
  - Enterprise
  - Extensions
  - HCM
  - Integration
  - Orchestration
  - PaaS
  - Platform
  - Workday