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Overview

Use this Account Dynamic account type to connect Workday Snaps with data sources that use Workday Dynamic Accounts.

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Prerequisites

  • Write permissions for the Project for which you are creating the Account.
  • Valid Username, Password, Tenant, Host and Version received from Workday for using the Account.
Info

You can get the Host, Version and Tenant can be found out by following any of these simple stepsmethods:

  • You can first contact your Workday Security Administrator or your Implementation Partner.
  • If you have access to your Workday Customer Portal, you can get information from there
  • If you have access to the Workday Community, you can access the Workday Data Centers page from where its three data centers are listed. (AshburnPortland and Dublin). You need Workday Community access for this.
  • Another easy way of finding this is through a RAAS (Report As A Service)
    1. Create an Advanced Report that is Web Service Enabled.
    2. From the Related Actions for the Report, click on Web Services > View URLs.
    3. Copy the Workday XML URL. It contains the host-prefix, tenant name, user name and follows the syntax: 
      https://<host-prefix>.workday.com/ccx/service/customreport2/<tenant_name>/<username>/CR_RAAS_SNAPLOGIC_READ_DEMO.
  • Latest Version can be found from the Public Workday Web Services (WWS).

Limitations and Known Issues

None.

Account Settings

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titleWhile creating a Workday Dynamic Account

For Workday Dynamic Accounts, we recommend passing authentication credentials through Pipeline parameters. Use the Pipeline Properties to define the required Pipeline parameters.


Value
ParameterField Data TypeFieldTypeDescription

Label*


Default

Example Label

Vaue: N/A
Example
:Workday_Account_01

StringRequired. Enter Enter a unique name to identify the account instance.

Password*


Default Vaue: N/A

Workday_Account_01Password

Example: p2@s091

StringRequired. Provide Provide the Pipeline parameter key (_Parameter) as an Expression in this field. This key must correspond to the password required for accessing the Workday instance.

Host*


Default Vaue: N/A

_WDA_PwdHost

Example: wd-imp-services.workday.com

String

Required. Provide Provide the Pipeline parameter key (_Parameter) as an Expression in this field. This key must correspond to the host name required for accessing the Workday Implementation (Sandbox) or Production tenant.

Info

The host supports the path in a non-HTTP format (for example, wd-imp-services.workday.com).


Tenant*


Default Vaue: N/A

_Workday_HostTenant

Example:Tenant_name

StringRequired. Provide the Pipeline parameter key (_Parameter) as an Expression in this field. This key must correspond to the Workday tenant.

Version*


Default Vaue
: N/A

_Tenant_nameVersion

Example29.2

String

Required. Provide the version of the Workday instance.

 The Snap supports the versions from 21 through 29.

N/A

29.

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Workday Dynamic Account Settings

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Troubleshooting

ErrorReasonResolution
Failed to validate Account: Soap faultEither the user name and/or password entered is invalid.

Recheck the user credentials and pass valid user name and/or password.

Failed to validate Account: Unable to read URL (500 Internal Server Error)Path validation failed. The value for Tenant does not resolve to a valid Workday instance.Ensure the value passed in the Tenant field forms a proper/valid URL that points to the Workday instance.
Failed to validate Account: Unable to read URLPath validation failed. The Host does not resolve to a valid destination.Ensure the values passed in the Host field forms a proper/valid URL that points to the Workday instance.
Failed to validate Account: Error parsing WSDL documentVersion does not follow the required pattern for Workday versions: XX.X.Update the Version values to follow the pattern XX.X. For example, 28.2, 34.0, 33.2.

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