Glossary of Terms

Converts data into a format that Workday or a receiving external system can understand. Workday provides some delivered transformations, and you can also create custom transformations.

A collection of integration services that enables communication between Workday and an external system. Workday provides integration templates in categories such as Benefits, Financials, HCM, Payroll, Payroll Interface, Procurement, Recruiting, Security, and Settlement. Many of the delivered templates contain default values for attributes, as well as prompt values for attributes and maps, to further define the integration.

A tenanted definition of an integration between Workday and an external system, based on a template that provides the methodology needed to communicate data.

A group of related integration attributes, maps, and XSLT that provides a framework to transform Workday data into the format required by an external system.

An integration component that specifies how values in Workday map to values in an external system. For example, Pay Rate Frequency is a type of map in third-party payroll integrations.

The record of an integration process. Every integration—current or past, involving the import or export of data, successful or not—gets recorded as an integration event. The integration event contains all the information about the integration process, including its status.

Indicates the type of data that Workday will receive from or export to an external system and its location. Workday supports five types of data sources including attachments, external files, standard reports, custom reports, and REST endpoints.

A set of one or more integration templates that provides a framework for building integrations in a particular functional area. For example, Workday Payroll Interface is an integration connector. Unlike packaged integrations, an integration connector does not have a named endpoint.

A catalog of packaged integrations, partner integrations, and connectors to common applications and service providers that extend Workday's functionality. The integrations span the entire range of Workday applications, including Benefits, Human Capital Management, Payroll, Financial Management, and Spend Management. All Cloud Connect integrations are hosted and maintained by Workday.

An integration component that specifies the tenanted value of a data element in Workday. For example, Master Policy Number is a type of attribute in benefit provider integrations.

An instance refers to one unique occurrence of a business object, for example, your Executive Management organization, or John Doe, the worker.

The examination of work completed or in progress to determine its conformance with the requirements of the contract documents.

A law on state budget restrictions approved by voters in the November 1993 general election. Its primary requirements are: an expenditure limit based on inflation and population growth (applicable to state General Fund expenditures only); an emergency reserve account for any GF-S revenues above the expenditure limit; a percentage limit on how much state fees can be raised without legislative approval; and a two-thirds legislative vote requirement on certain state tax increases.

When used with other custom worktags, can be used for state level as well as agency specific purposes.

An initiation step is the first step of a business process.

The same as "first cost" or the cost to provide the service or product in today’s dollars for a project. Different from life cycle costs, or future costs.

The planning and management process for information technology resources and investments overseen by the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

All electronic technology systems, products and services. Equipment, software, services, and products used in processing information, office automation, and telecommunications (voice, data and/or video).

Either an individual target assigned to a worker in worker compensation (different from the plan target) or the target for each employee calculated by Workday during the bonus or merit process, based on configuration options.

Costs incurred for a common or joint purpose benefitting more than one cost objective, and not readily assignable to the cost objectives specifically benefitted, without effort disproportionate to the results achieved.

An independent contingent worker (ICW) not represented by a supplier, and accounted for as a 1099 supplier. You issue purchase orders to, create receipts for, and pay ICWs just as you do suppliers.

Any budget development approach that focuses on incremental changes to a previous spending level or other defined expenditure base.

A legal term referring to anything erected on and affixed to land (e.g., buildings, roads, fences, and services), which legally becomes part of the land, according to common law and statutory definition.

Used in China, a hukou is a type of residency permit used to grant eligibility and rights. Workers with a local hukou are entitled to the full spectrum of social rights and welfare benefits. Without a local hukou, workers can hold only a temporary residency certificate. Temporary residence certificate holders are referred to as non-locals.

Supplier catalogs hosted on DES website—master contract portal pages.

Use hiring restrictions to define rules and conditions for holding jobs and positions in a position management, headcount management, or job management organization. Hiring restrictions enable you to: • Limit staffing to specific job families and job profiles. • Restrict the business sites where a job or position can be filled. • Define the required qualifications, experience, and skill levels of workers hired into a job or position (position management organizations only). • Limit staffing for a job or position to a specific worker type (employees or contingent workers). • Limit staffing for a job or position to a specific time type (full or part-time workers).

The cost to test and balance designed heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, including water flows, at the completion of construction.

The user-defined type of provider organizations for a health care plan, such as PPO, EPO, HMO, and DHMO. It is informational only.

A headcount plan forecasts the number of workers necessary to achieve business goals in a specified period of time. This is a foundational component of workforce planning. You can create headcount plans with different statistic types, dimensions, and time frames; link to financial budgets; and pre-populate headcount plan data. Headcount plan reports help you understand whether organizations are hiring to plan, headcount is allocated correctly, and you have the right workforce to support your goals.

One of the three staffing models available to use in your organization. It allows you to create one set of hiring restrictions that applies to all positions in the headcount group. As a result, headcount management does not provide the same level of control over individual positions that you have with position management. This model is particularly useful for organizations that hire large numbers of workers into the same or similar jobs with the same or similar requirements and restrictions.