specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: Workday
providerId: workday
created: '2026-05-04'
# Provenance stamped 2026-08-11: this artifact was written by the API Evangelist
# bulk sweep dated 2026-05-04, not harvested from the provider. See roadmap#35.
method: generated
modified: '2026-05-05'
reconciled: false
tags:
  - Enterprise Software
  - HCM
  - ERP
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: FOCUS-aligned FinOps stub for Workday's enterprise SaaS platform. Workday is sold as a multi-year per-customer subscription quoted by sales; per-API-call pricing and a self-serve usage API are not published, so meters and invoice line items here describe the contractual shape rather than runtime telemetry.
sources:
  - https://www.workday.com/en-us/enterprise-resource-planning.html
notes: Workday does not publish a public usage/billing API. Generic api_request / data_egress / compute_seconds meters from the scaffold have been removed; remaining meters describe the negotiated subscription shape.
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: Workday, Inc.
serviceCategory: Enterprise SaaS
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Subscription
  billingFrequency: Annual
  billingCurrency: USD
  chargeCategories:
    - Purchase
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: Workday
  ServiceCategory: Enterprise SaaS
  ProviderName: Workday
  PublisherName: Workday, Inc.
  InvoiceIssuerName: Workday, Inc.
  BillingCurrency: USD
meters:
  - name: tenant_subscription
    description: Negotiated annual subscription for the Workday tenant covering HCM, Financial Management, and platform modules included in the contract.
    unit: month
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - tenant
      - module
  - name: workforce_seats
    description: Licensed workforce count used to size the Workday subscription; included in the negotiated price rather than billed as overage.
    unit: seat
    aggregation: max
    dimensions:
      - tenant
      - module
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: Treat Workday spend as a contract-level line item; reconcile against signed order forms and renewal worksheets rather than a usage API. Use the Workday tenant audit reports and Tenant Health dashboards to track entitlement consumption (modules deployed, integrations live).
  - name: Allocation
    description: Allocate the Workday subscription across HR, Finance, and IT cost centers based on the modules each function uses; integrations and Extend apps can be tagged at the project level for chargeback against the platform fee.
  - name: Optimization
    description: Optimize at renewal by right-sizing licensed workforce counts, retiring unused modules, consolidating sandbox tenants, and avoiding low-value Extend / Integration Cloud add-ons; tactical optimization at runtime is limited because pricing is not metered.
  - name: Accountability
    description: Designate a Workday HRIS / ERP owner who reviews module utilization quarterly with Workday's Customer Success team and signs off on renewals, true-ups, and add-on SKUs.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com