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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2026-10-16
Human Capital Management

Human Capital Management

October 16, 2026

Benefits

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How to set up benefits decision support for the Self-Service Agent.
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Describes the concept of benefits decision support for the Self-Service Agent.
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Sample prompts for getting benefits decision support from the Self-Service Agent

Learning

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Added the new Learner Assignment and Learner Assignment Cycle report data sources.

Talent

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Updated step 1 with information about how development items with different Workday statuses will appear in the Career Hub Plan page.
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Added information about the impact of purging staffing events.
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Added information about the impact of purging staffing events.
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Removed links to retired community articles.
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Clarified the Feedback Types and Dates step and the Date Range description to note that they don't apply to the Get Feedback from Review step.
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Clarified that Date Range doesn’t apply to feedback requested from the Get Feedback from Review step.
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Added a sentence in the Get Feedback section about how Workday includes in-review feedback.
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Clarified Step 6 to describe how Workday includes feedback from the Get Feedback from Review step in employee reviews.

October 2, 2026

Recruiting

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Information about Candidate Conversational Messaging for WhatsApp
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Expanded the Next Steps section with information on retrieval accuracy.
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Changed SEEK Advertiser ID to SEEK Hirer ID in the Prerequisite, Step 3, and Results section.
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Added external in the title and expanded the description.

Skills and Skills Cloud

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Removed Duplicates from the table in step 2. The Duplicate column was removed from the report during 25R2.
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Updated the Context section to state which EIB to use for maintaining skills, and to note that you can't delete skills that are in use.
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Clarified infomation in the Context section, and added information about the skill level values ranges.
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Staffing

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In the Questions to Consider section, clarified the answer to the question on tracking time against different salary-based positions to explain that you can map calculation tags to position-based earnings.

Talent

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In Step 2, added details about contributing additional data for the Worker Profile Data category for MSA customers.
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In Step 2, added details about contributing additional data for the Worker Profile Data category for MSA customers.
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In the Security section, added details about security for generating flex team details with AI assistance.
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In Step 2, added details about contributing additional data for the Worker Profile Data category for MSA customers.
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Updated step 5 to correct the report type.

Time Tracking

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For the question "How can I prevent workers from checking in or out on mobile devices?" clarified that:
  • The setting prevents check-in and check-out on Android and iOS devices.
  • Workers can still check in or out using Workday Assistant.
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Removed the note about retiring this feature as Workday no longer plans to retire it.
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  • Added that disabling Time Tracking features in Workday Assistant applies across all tenant devices, including desktop, mobile, Workday for Microsoft Teams, and Workday for Slack.
  • Removed a bullet that said that Workday Assistant doesn't support entering time on mobile devices.
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Removed the retirement note from the Context section since Workday is no longer planning to retire the feature.
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In the Auto-fill from Schedule row, added that this also copies scheduled hours from Workday Scheduling shifts and third-party schedules.

Workday Scheduling

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Updated with new settings and a link to the Schedule Generation Complexity Estimator.

Worker Information

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Added an optional step to hide the Fluent check box for languages.

September 18, 2026

Benefits

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Renamed the Create Benefit Provider task to Create Wellness Partner.
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Renamed the Create Benefit Provider task to Create Wellness Partner.
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Edited Security and Context sections to account for custom calculated health care rates.
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How custom calculated health care rates work.
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Example of a custom calculated health care rate calculation.
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Renamed the Create Benefit Provider task to Create Wellness Partner.
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Updated the Wellness Hub to the HCM Admin Hub.

Compensation

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How to mass adjust compensation steps by amount or percentage using the Mass Operation Management task.
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How to set up and perform mass propose compensation changes as part of the mass job change process.
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Updated for clarity. Configuration text is now in its own separate topic.
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How to set up your tenant to allow for simultaneous compensation change events.
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We update step 3 to direct you to the new Create Stock Vesting Schedules topic.
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New topic detailing how to set up stock vesting schedules as interval-based models that dynamically calculate the exact quantity of vested and unvested shares for employees as of the current date.

HCM Hubs

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Added new section for Workday Wellness.

HCM Innovation Services

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Removed the note at the end of page which mentioned about limitations in notifications.
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Updated the enhancements on notifications for all business processes.

Learning

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New reference topic for learning core domains for course offering fields, new report fields, and operations on learning course data.
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Updated Career Hub feature naming and domain information.
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New section-post-completion course replay restrictions; questions to consider-new row on replay restriction use case and learner experience; addtl bullet to business benefits on compliance use case.
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Added Disable View Course Again option to choice table.
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Added paragraph on selecting or clearing Disable View Course Again; View Course row-Added field to non-effective-dated list; documented read-only status on Advanced Details tab; View Digital Course row-Documented read-only status on Advanced Details tab with pointer to Edit Course
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Updated the Context section to note that only learners can add themselves to a waitlist and you can't perform this action for them.

Recruiting

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Information about the improved configurable candidate grid.
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Information about the improved configurable candidate grid.
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New information about Candidate Conversational Messaging for WhatsApp
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Added steps for default templates.
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In the Next Steps section, added a link to Career Hub setup.
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Added Military Skills Mapper information and updated formatting for social networking types in step 11.
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New information about Contextual security for onboarding plans.

Skills and Skills Cloud

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Updated Talent Optimization features in the Connections and Touchpoints section.

Staffing

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Added information about the Use Effective Dating for Service Dates feature on the Edit Tenant Setup - HCM task.
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<p>In Step 3, expanded security configuration for the Staffing Actions: No Show domain to include the No Show Gap Detail report and the View No Show Blocking Events task.</p>
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Renamed the Launch Mass Action Event task to Start Mass Action task.
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Renamed the Launch Mass Action Event task to Start Mass Action task.
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Added Talent Highlights and Flex Teams rows.
Removed Talent Marketplace row and added details to Career Hub row.
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Added information about the new Edit Supervisory Organization, Position, and Headcount on Correct Change Job functionality.
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Added information on which templates you can delete or inactivate, and a link to the Steps: Set Up Security for Change Job topic.
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We update this topic to clarify the security in the new change job experience, add information about the new
Change Job Template Field Security
tab on the
Maintain Functionality for Staffing Transactions
task, and add an example.
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Explains how to complete Review Mass Job Change and Approve Mass Job Change My Tasks steps, including editable and read-only tables, Send Back, and Deny.
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Explains how to edit, validate, and submit Mass Job Change Tables using
Mass Edit
, the row status summary, out of order warnings, and Submit on mass action
My Tasks
items, including optional rescind.
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Explains how to initiate a mass job change from the
Start Mass Action
task or the
Start Mass Job Change
report, including population selection, Change Job Reason, and out of order worker inclusion when enabled.
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Explains how to set up Mass Job Change, including Change Job templates, business process and domain security, review and approve workflows, Mass Propose Compensation Change, mass comments, out of order, and send back, deny, and rescind.
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Explains Mass Job Change Tables, including real-time validation, row status summary, cell change indicators, mass comments, contextual security, and routing to review and approve workflows.
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Added information about the new View Configure Optional Fields for Change Job Before and After Conversion report, and security.
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  • Added a consideration to the Questions to Consider section in the Time Tracking row about autofilling positions on time blocks from work schedule calendars.
  • Added a table to the Security section describing useful security domains.
  • Added detail to the recommendation on creating multiple positions rather than assigning multiple Workday IDs.
  • Removed the Other Impacts section and moved the recommendation to align Workday Scheduling and Time Tracking configurations to the Recommendations section.
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Added information about the new new Correct Organization Assignments web service.
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Renamed Launch Mass Action Event task to Start Mass Action task.
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Added information about the Correct Organization Assignments web service.

Talent

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Updated with details of new Generate with AI prompt functionality.
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Updated topic to add details about new Career Hub reports and overview page
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Updated all topic sections, adding details about new Career Hub reports and overview page.
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Created topic to document setting up Career Hub without the Suggestions for You, Plan, and Explore pages.
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Updated all topic sections, adding details about enhanced Career Hub functionality and clarifying context about Career Hub.
Renamed topic from Steps: Set Up Career Hub to Steps: Set Up Talent Optimization in Career Hub.
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Updated all topic sections, adding details about enhanced Career Hub functionality and clarifying context about Opportunity Marketplace in Career Hub.
Renamed topic from Steps: Set Up Talent Marketplace to Steps: Set Up Opportunity Marketplace in Career Hub.
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New topic documenting machine learning functionality for Career Hub job opening suggestions.
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Updated introductory section to clarify the use cases for Career Path Builder.
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Updated topic to reflect new feature names. Renamed topic from Concept: Career Hub and Opportunity Marketplace Activity Metrics to Concept: Career Hub Activity Metrics.
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Updated topic to include new security domains for Talent and Performance reports in the Career Hub, and to update the names of existing domains. Organized topic into sections by feature.
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Clarified details about career focuses, and added links in the machine learning suggestions section.
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Added Generating Flex Team Details section. Clarified options for implementing Flex Teams with other talent management capabilities.
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Renamed topic from Setup Considerations: Talent Marketplace to Setup Considerations: Flex Teams.
Added details about enhanced Career Hub functionality.
Added details about AI-generated flex team.
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Added details about enhanced Career Hub functionality and AI-generated flex team details.
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Added details about generating flex team details with AI.
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Renamed topic from Process: Refine Maintained Skills for Talent Marketplace Matching to Refine Maintained Skills for Flex Teams Matching.
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Renamed topic from FAQ: Talent Marketplace to FAQ: Flex Teams. Moved content about Opportunity Marketplace to the FAQ: Career Hub topic.
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Added Career Hub to the Connections and Touchpoints section.
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Updated Questions to Consider and Limitations sections to document new non-English language support for Talent Highlights.
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Updated Language row in Considerations for Data Validity table.

Time Tracking

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Added a recommendation to the Enable Shift Matching for Workday Scheduling row of step 8.
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Clarified that eligibility for time shift settings is based on worker eligibility for the week's time entry template.
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In the Next Steps section, added information on using the:
  • Maintain Time Kiosks report.
  • Time Kiosk Templates report data source to create custom reports.
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In step 2, added a row to the table for Precise Time Tracking.
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In the Context, clarified that both managers and administrators can perform the setup.
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Added that when you configure Time Tracking worktags to autopopulate with values from Workday Scheduling, worktags autopopulate when workers check in using the Time Kiosk.
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Added an explanation for the Position Based check box to step 8.a.
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Added the Position-Based Time Entry Validations section.
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In the
When Are Eligibility Rules Applied?
section, revised the description for time entry template to clarify when worker's must meet eligibility.
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Revised the description for Auto Submit Periods With to clarify that Workday submits the whole period if any of the time blocks satisfy the selection criteria.
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Updated Include Warning Indicators description in table.
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Added a row to step 7 for the Don't split no-shows by meals and breaks option.

Workday Scheduling

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  • Corrected missing instruction in step 3b.
  • In the Context section, added a recommendation about enabling this feature only on time entry templates of workers using Workday Scheduling.

Worker Information

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Renamed the topic from Steps: Set Up Active Consent Preferences for Personal Information to Set Up Active Consent Preferences for Personal Information.
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How to set up the new user experience for Change Personal Information.
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Revised content and added a note to use Quick Tips to configure field-level help text for personal information fields if opted in to the change personal information new user experience.
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Provides additional information on the change personal information new user experience.
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Renamed the topic from Reference: Personal Information Fields to Personal Information Fields.
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Renamed the topic from Reference: Personal Information Localizations to Personal Information Localizations.
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Renamed the topic from Steps: Set Up Configurable Fields for Personal Information to Set Up Configurable Fields for Personal Information. Also in Step 5, added:
  • Reference to the Add Help Text for Personal Information topic.
  • A note to use Quick Tips to configure field-level help text for personal information fields when opted in to the change personal information new user experience.