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Workday properties

Properties to configure to connect to a Workday account.

Workday connection

Select Workday in the list and configure the connection.

Configuration

Select your engine from the list and set the main and advanced settings.

Main settings
Property Configuration
Authentication mode Select the authentication method you want to use to connect to a Workday account.

REST - Client ID authentication mode (deprecated) and SOAP - Login authentication mode are provided by HTTPS protocol. For SOAP - WS Security authentication mode, the authentication information is included in the messages. For more information, read the SOAP API Reference documentation.

SOAP - Login authentication mode Enter the user name, password as the Tenant ID that allow you to connect to Workday.

The user name expected format is:

yourusername@tenant_alias

The tenant alias is provided by your Workday administrator. For more information, read the SOAP API Reference documentation.

SOAP - WS Security authentication mode Enter the Tenant alias as well as the credentials that allow you to connect to Workday.

The tenant alias is provided by your Workday administrator. Example: tenant_alias

Authentication with a certificate (WS-Security certificate authentication) or OAuth (WS-Security JWT OAuth authentication) are not supported.

REST - Client id authentication mode (deprecated) Enter the Client ID, Client secret key of the API as well as the Tenant ID that allow you to connect to Workday.

The tenant alias is provided by your Workday administrator. Example: tenant_alias

Advanced settings
Property Configuration
Authentication endpoint Authorization endpoint of the API Client used to connect to Workday. By default, it is: https://auth.api.workday.com
Service endpoint Service endpoint of the API Client used to connect to Workday. By default, it is: https://api.workday.com

After configuring the connection, give it a display name (mandatory) and a description (optional).

Workday dataset

Dataset configuration
Property Configuration
Dataset name Enter a display name for the dataset. This name will be used as a unique identifier of the dataset in all Talend Cloud apps.
Connection Select your connection in the list. If you are creating a dataset based on an existing connection, this field is read-only.
Main settings
Property Configuration
Mode Select the mode with which you want to retrieve data:
  • Workday Query language: to query the data in your existing tables.
  • Report As A Service: to access a specific report located in your Workday account.
Report As A Service Enter the Report owner and Report name corresponding to the client data to be retrieved.
Workday web services Select:
  • the Workday web Service you want to invoke.
  • the Operation you want to perform on the selected web service.

Read the corresponding Workday documentation for information on services and their available operations.

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