name: Workday Integrations Vocabulary
description: Vocabulary and taxonomy for Workday Integration APIs covering HCM data access, reporting, and analytics data pipelines.
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created: '2026-05-03'
modified: '2026-05-03'

domains:
  - name: HCM Data
    description: Human Capital Management data objects available via REST API
    terms:
      - name: Worker
        description: An individual employed or engaged by the organization as an employee or contingent worker
        synonyms: [Employee, Contingent Worker, Staff Member]
        values: [Employee, Contingent Worker]
        related: [Organization, Position, JobProfile]
      - name: Organization
        description: An organizational unit such as a supervisory organization, cost center, or company
        synonyms: [Org, Supervisory Organization, Department]
        related: [Worker, Position]
      - name: Position
        description: A slot within an organization that can be filled by a worker
        synonyms: [Job Slot, Headcount Position]
        related: [Worker, JobProfile]
      - name: Job Profile
        description: A template defining the characteristics of a job including skills, duties, and compensation grade
        synonyms: [Job, Role Template]
        related: [Position, Worker]
      - name: Job Requisition
        description: An approved request to fill a position through recruiting
        synonyms: [Req, Open Position, Headcount Request]
        related: [Position, JobProfile]
      - name: Business Process
        description: A configurable workflow in Workday that routes work through approval steps
        synonyms: [Workflow, BP, Approval Process]
        related: [Worker, Organization]

  - name: Reporting
    description: Report-as-a-Service concepts
    terms:
      - name: Custom Report
        description: A user-defined report built in Workday Report Writer for data extraction
        synonyms: [RaaS Report, Workday Report, Custom Report Service]
      - name: Report Metadata
        description: Field definitions and schema information describing a report's output columns
        synonyms: [Report Schema, Field Definitions]
        related: [CustomReport]

  - name: Prism Analytics
    description: Analytics data loading and management concepts
    terms:
      - name: Dataset
        description: A named data container in Prism Analytics that holds external data loaded via the API
        synonyms: [Data Table, Prism Table, Analytics Dataset]
        related: [DataSource, Schema]
      - name: Data Source
        description: An external data connection feeding data into Prism Analytics
        synonyms: [Connection, Feed]
        related: [Dataset]
      - name: Schema
        description: The field definitions describing the structure of data in a Prism dataset
        synonyms: [Table Schema, Column Definitions]
        related: [Dataset]

  - name: Authentication
    description: Security concepts for Workday Integrations
    terms:
      - name: OAuth 2.0
        description: The authorization protocol used to obtain bearer tokens for API access
        synonyms: [OAuth, OAuth2]
      - name: Bearer Token
        description: An access token granting API access on behalf of a Workday integration system user
        synonyms: [Access Token, JWT Token]
      - name: Integration System User
        description: A Workday service account created to authenticate API and integration calls
        synonyms: [ISU, Service Account, API User]
      - name: Tenant
        description: An isolated Workday instance identified by a unique name in API URLs
        synonyms: [Workday Tenant, Instance]

tags:
  - Cloud
  - Enterprise Software
  - ERP
  - Finance
  - HCM
  - HR
  - Integration
  - Workday