Global Fields

Global Fields

The Business Object - Global contains various Global fields which are variables and constants that you can use in your BP rules, Custom Reports, and for your scheduled recurring processes.

Example: In a scenario where you wanted to get constant value for your report like 'TEST' or  '1', you can rely on the Global fields.

To see the Report Fields from the Global Business Object, Open the Report - Report Fields.

Also we can create custom Global fields by creating calculated fields with a business object of Global.

From Search bar accessing your business object:

Accessing your Report Fields report:

View of the Report Fields, notice the number of fields available.

Prefix: intsys

Prefix: Integration Systems

You can find all the integrations Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) , Cloud Connect (both Packaged Connector, Core Connector), Workday Studio easily with the usage of prefix - intsys

This Prefix will come really handy for you when you are searching for any integrations in your tenant.

intsys: (keyin your search keywords)

Example - 

intsys: INT001 EIB out

Integrations: Workday Studio Introduction

Workday Studio

Workday Studio is one of the 3 ways of building your integrations. (Other two include EIB and Core Connector)

For you to work on Studio, you need to have the Eclipse Software installed on your machine. Once you install your software, and go to your application. You will see number of items on the initial page after the welcome page.

Below are some of the detailing as you move on.

Cloud Explorer :

This is the place where you connect your studio you to the Tenant. It could be any tenant.
You need to pass on Tenant Name, User ID, Password in order to get connected.

Preferences > Workday > Connections

** Be cautious when you right click on your project / Integration, Don't tend to click on remove, which will remove from the server / tenant.

Project Explorer :

This is the preview of your work space which means you are accessing you local files. Each folder is an integration. Clicking on Assembly will open the design for  you.

Outline:

Gives the complete picture of your integration, where you can navigate easily. Check out for different views by clicking the 4 different icons in Outline window.

Design | Tree Structure | mVal | Props(properties) and Variables

Schema Explorer:

You can add WSDL or WSD / You can add WWS (Mostly used for)  / You can add Custom Report schema (Raas) / XSLT

3 different perspectives in seeing your applications -- WD | Debug | Design Report (BIRT)

FYI -
Workday runs on web services.
Global fields fall under Integration system Business Objects

Integrations: Event Statuses

Integration Event Statuses

When You run any integration, ultimately you will see any of the below integration run status. Its good to understand what each status mean.

Workday Integration Run: Event Status

Migration Tool: Object Transporter (OX)

Object Transporter (OX) is a tool that migrates objects from one tenant to another (source tenant to target tenant).  Workday Supports Migration between these tenants.You can only migrate objects that are supported by web services.

Source                    Destination

Implementation --> Implementation

Implementation --> Sandbox

Sandbox           --> Implementation

Sandbox           --> Production

It is not recommended to migrate between Preview and non-Preview tenants. There’s a high risk of errors because of potential differences between web service versions and data models. You can migrate up to 100 objects together in a collection called a Configuration Package.

Workday associates a UUID value with each migration and displays it at the start of the migration process. This value is useful for tracking purposes.

Remember that it migrates only configuration data for an object and the dependent objects that the instance uses, but not transaction or reference data.

FYI -

Use the Integration IDs report to find current Reference ID values for one or more object types.

Use the Maintain Reference IDs task to make bulk changes.