Workday
If you’ve been directed here to integrate with Workday, the following steps will help you understand the process and any necessary actions to configure successful integration.
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This guidance assumes you have Admin privileges for your Workday account.
Finding your Workday Tenant
1
Log into Workday
Log into your Workday account. Look at the address bar at the top of the browser window where the URL is displayed. Find your tenant immediately after workday.com/.

Finding the Web Services Endpoint
1
Go to Public Web Services
Go to the Public Web Services report.

2
Find Human Resources
Find Human Resources and hover over it to be able to interact with the menu. Via the three-dots menu, go to Web Service and click on View SDL (note that the page may take a minute to fully load).

3
Search for wsdl:service
Search for wsdl:service in the file OR navigate directly to the very bottom of the page. You should see something like this:

Copy everything before service in the location attribute. Do not include the https:// prefix. In the example tenant above, this would be wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx but it may be different for your tenant (e.g., wd5-services1.myworkday.com/ccx).
Set up an Integration System User
1
Search for Create Integration System User
Log in to your Workday tenant in the Workday portal. In the Search field, search for “Create Integration System User”.

2
Choose the Task
Choose the “Create Integration System User” task.
3
Enter Account Information
Enter a username and password in the Account Information section on the “Create Integration System User” page.

4
Click OK
Click OK.
Add the Integration System User to a Security Group
1
Search for Create Security Group
In the Search field, search for “Create Security Group”. Select the “Create Security Group” task.

2
Select Security Group Type
Choice: There are two types of security groups that can be chosen:
Integration System Security Group (Unconstrained)
Integration System Security Group (Constrained)
The constrained security group will allow you to specify On the “Create Security Group” page, select “Integration System Security Group” from the Type of Tenanted Security Group pull-down menu. Enter a name in the Name field.

3
Click OK
Click OK.
4
Edit Integration System Security Group
a. On the “Edit Integration System Security Group (Unconstrained)” page, enter the same name you used when creating the ISU in the first section. Click OK.b. On the “Edit Integration System Security Group (Constrained)@ page, there will be additional options to choose the groups that the associated user will have access to.

Configure Domain Security Policy Permissions
1
Edit Permissions
The Workday ATS integration currently requires all of the permissions listed below to be enabled for full support. Workday’s API may return an error response if any of these permissions are missing.
You can reach this interface by searching for “Maintain Permissions for Security Group” in the search bar, and selecting the name of the Security Group you created in the previous step.This integration uses the following Workday Security Group Permissions. For each listed permission, select either Get Only for read-only access, or Get and Put for read and write access in the View/Modify Access column.

Please note that Security Group Permissions can be customized within a Workday organization, and this list does not account for such customizations.
Job Requisition Data
Candidate Data:
Interview Schedule
Offer details
Other Jobs
Other Information
Photo
Attachment
Personal Information
Job Application
Interview Schedule
Jobs Requisitions
Offer Details
Other Jobs
Person Data:
Personal Data
Name
Citizenship Status
Date of Birth
Disabilities
Gender
Government IDs
ID Information
Marital Status
National ID Identification
Personal Information
Personal Photo
Home Address
Home Email
Home Phone
Work Address
Work Email
Work Phone
Pre-Hire Data: Employment Agreement
Pre-Hire Personal Data
Approve the Security Policy Changes
1
Search for Activate Pending Security Policy Changes
In the Search bar, search for “Activate Pending Security Policy Changes”. Review the policies that need approval in the summary of the changes in the security policy. Approve the pending security policy changes to activate them.
Linking your AccountYou can use the Tenant and System User credentials you created in steps 1 & 2 to link Workday.
Congratulations, you’re all set! If you face any issues with the steps mentioned above, please contact your account manager.