Workday Business Objects
Workday architecture is Object based. Workday stores the data in business objects (BO).
A business object is like a spreadsheet, where each row is an instance of the object. Each column represents an attribute, or field, of the object.
Example: Workers John Anderson and Cathy Robins are each an instance of the Worker business object. The Worker business object contains fields such as Job Title, Age, Gender, and Dependents.
Below Snapshot shows how Business Objects are automatically connected. In the View 1, the Worker Business Object is linked to Benefits, Salary, Manager and Position. Which means the Worker is sitting in a
Position, reporting to a
Manager, getting some
Salary and opted for
Benefits. In the View 2, Position is linked to Location and in turn Location is linked to Currency. Here all of them are BO's.
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| Business Objects - Sample |
Workday links related business objects together through single instance or multi-instance fields.
Related Business Objects (PBO) enable you to access fields in a report that don’t belong to the
Primary Business Object. (RBO)
Example: The Worker business object has a multi-instance field called Dependents. Dependents has a related business object of Dependent. In a report with a primary business object of Worker, you can use the Dependents field to access the fields belonging to the Dependent business object.
A report by name
Business Object Details can be used to view:
- Custom and standard reports that use the business object.
- Data sources using the business object as the primary business object.
- Fields associated with the business object.
- Related business objects.
If you want to relate the workday terms with Database Management Systems like Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, see below:
