Send Scheduled Reports as Attachments
With this release, Workday enables end users to schedule matrix and model reports as Excel attachments in email notifications. Recipients can then download the attachments from their email notifications.
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Report recipients can review report results in the convenience of their email notification without having to navigate to the application.
Changes
We add:
- A new option in to enable attachments with scheduled notifications.
- A newSend Attachments in Notificationspermission.
Send Report as Attachment
option when creating a schedule.What Do I Need to Do?
You need to enable the feature from Administration, General Setup. After enabling the feature, you can schedule matrix and model report notifications with attachments. Optionally, you can enforce password protection on the schedule.
You need these permissions for scheduling reports:
- Create Report Schedules.
- Send Attachments in Notifications.
- (Optional)Manage all Report Schedules.
- Download to Excel. Both schedulers and recipients need this permission.
Also, you need to verify that email IDs exist for the notification recipients.
What Happens If I Do Nothing?
You'll see no changes in Adaptive Planning if you don't enable this feature. The ability to schedule reports as attachments won't be available in your tenant.
Change Log
We now enable Scheduling Report Attachments for Workday Adaptive Planning customers using Workday Notifications. To receive report notification emails with attachments from Adaptive Planning, you must configure Notifications and create Notification Routing Rules. See Steps: Set Up Workday Notifications.