Manage Workday
October 2, 2026
Collaboration
Updated the name of a metric. |
Organizations
Corrected the name of the business process to Activate. |
Tenant Configuration
Added information about the Display Task Step Attachments on Subprocesses check box. | |
Removed the retirement note from the Defer Time Clock Event Processing row in the Time Tracking section since Workday is no longer planning to retire the feature. | |
In the Disable Check In/Out on Mobile row, added detail on what this option doesn't disable. | |
Replaced term " Extend Task" with Extend Model Task. Revised steps 2 and18 | |
Added steps 7,8,9, 12,13,14,15,16 | |
Added steps 6 and 8 to the step section | |
Created a new topic on Worker Profile User Experience | |
Added information about inserting page breaks in document layouts. | |
Expanded Report Process Insights section and added link to new Forgotten Report Schedules topic. | |
Provides overview and details about the Forgotten Report Schedules feature. | |
Provides answers to frequently asked questions about the Forgotten Report Schedules feature. |
User Experience
Updated the amount of tasks you can see in the All Items and the Archive views to 5,000. | |
Updated information on Context and Steps sections. | |
Before Steps section, added the content to let the customers know that they need to enable IMPL or PROD to test the feature in other tenants. | |
Added a new row in the Search table for Smart Search Suggestions. Changed "that surface" to "that surfaces" Added 3 separate categories in the Workday Home section such as Web Home Page, Mobile Home Page, and Custom Content. | |
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Title has been changed to Concept: Custom Search Topics. simplified - typo has been corrected | |
Added information about My Team and Manager Insights. Replaced Team Highlights with Manager Insights. | |
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Removed the You've Updated Your Program of Study section. | |
Added a conref link to prerequisites section |
September 18, 2026
Business Processes
Updated the Next Steps section to document the new background job processing for high volumes and exact time options for start and end dates. | |
Updated the User to Perform Orchestration Launches field description to specify the user context and added a note on required permissions. Updated the step sequence for selecting the Orchestrations tab, viewing the execution status, and using the Refresh Status button. Updated the Result section to describe execution behavior for single UI, default user context, mass actions, and condition rules. | |
In step 2, expanded the Recipients row to describe the Exclude Delegates in Notifications check box. | |
Clarified how Workday generates dynamic documents when configured as an action step on a business process. |
Collaboration
Added a domain to the Security section, enabling you to access the View Audit Trail link. | |
Added a bullet in the Recommendations section that describes considerations for enabling automated background processing. Added configuration guidance for automated background processing in the Tenant Setup section. | |
Added an option to step 4 in the Steps section and clarified the Results section. | |
How to enable Engagement Builder background processing in a non-production tenant. | |
How to migrate legacy campaigns to Engagement Builder. | |
Added a new Calculated Fields section. Clarified the Data Source Filters section and removed the Prompts section. | |
Added a row on engagement insights. | |
Added a row on configuring email routing. | |
Answers frequently asked questions about legacy campaign migration. |
Locations
Removed Example section. |
Tenant Configuration
Added new behavior in Step 3:
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Added these details:
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Renamed the topic from Concept: ID Definitions and Sequence Generators to ID Definition and Sequence Generator Information. Also added:
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Renamed the topic from Reference: Sequence Generator Variables to Sequence Generator Variables. | |
In the Projects section, renamed the Forecast options to Global Forecast, and added the Allow Multiple Resources for a Single Assignment option. | |
Added information about the:
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Added information about the Use Effective Dating for Service Dates feature. | |
Added a new Engagement Builder Settings section. Added new options and descriptions for enabling automated background processing. | |
Renamed the SMS Compliance section to WD Messaging Compliance and updated the section to include the WhatsApp channel. | |
In the Payroll Accounting section, added a row for the Allocate Net Pay Liability - Exclude Earnings option. | |
Added more information on how to enable passkeys and web authentication. | |
Updated details about the Career Hub. | |
In the Steps section, added Step 5 to set up WhatsApp notifications. | |
Updated this topic with the new WhatsApp channel for Workday Messaging. | |
Updated this topic with information and setup steps for the new WhatsApp channel for Workday Messaging. | |
How to create a WhatsApp conversational messaging configuration. | |
Updated with the new WhatsApp channel for Workday Messaging. Added a Channel column to the table to identify the channels available for each country. | |
Added My Conversations support for Candidate Conversational Messaging for WhatsApp. | |
Added My Conversations support for Candidate Conversational Messaging for WhatsApp. | |
Added WhatsApp as a Notification Category to Message Builder Templates. | |
Provides information on WhatsApp Message template classifications, approval submittal, and formatting guidelines. | |
How to create segment-based security groups in WhatsApp Messaging for recruiting candidates. | |
Updated:
Replaced the Wizard word with ConnectRs | |
How to Customize Workday-Delivered ConnectRs. | |
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Updated the existing topic based on the 26R2 release
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Updated the info based on the 26R2 release to add visiblity rules to existing or new navigation items or groups.
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How to create configurable hubs. | |
Added a inline linking in the step 3 | |
Added a inline linking: create themes and sub-themes | |
How to create themes and sub-themes. | |
Updated to account for Benefits functionality. | |
Updated the Migrate Security Configuration Packages description in step 3 to mention domain and business process security configurations. | |
Updated the Object Transporter Migration Use Cases section to include security groups and their business process security policy permissions. | |
In the Premigration differences check section, updated the Modified tab description in the table to clarify that security group and business process security policy migrations are additive only. | |
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Updated the edit migration behavior step to include security groups and functional areas, and clarified in the Edit Migration Behavior table that security group migrations are additive only. | |
Updated step 14 to include security policies, groups, or functional areas that differ from the corresponding security configurations. | |
Updated step 18 to include security policies, groups, or functional areas that differ from the corresponding security configurations on the target tenant. | |
Updated step 12 to include security policies, groups, or functional areas that differ from the corresponding policies on the target tenant. | |
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Renamed:
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Renamed the task to Deployment Agent (Q&A). | |
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User Experience
Added information on rich text editor and a related link to the release note after Step 4. | |
Created a new topic. | |
Created a new topic. | |
Added information about the Use Effective Dating for Service Dates feature. |