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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Steps: Configure the Personnel Action Request Business Process

Steps: Configure the Personnel Action Request Business Process

  • Configure the
    Personnel Action Request
      business process and security policy in the Staffing functional area.
  • These domains in the System functional area:
    • Business Process Administration
    • Manage: Business Process Definitions
You can configure the
Personnel Action Request
 business process to help you prepare for the SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action form.
  1. Select the Staffing functional area and add the appropriate security groups.
  2. Edit Business Processes.
    Configure the default definition for the
    Personnel Action Request
     business process. You can select the allowed security groups for the steps, including the
    Certify Personnel Action Requests
     step.
    Configure the
    Personnel Action Request
     business process as a subprocess for the following business processes in the Staffing functional area:
    • Hire
    • Change Job
    • Termination
    • Service Dates Change
    • Add Job
    • End Job
    See Concept: Personnel Action Requests on the Hire Business Process.
    For the following business processes in the Absence functional area:
    • Request Leave of Absence
    • Request Return from Leave of Absence
    • Request Time Off
    For the following business processes in the Compensation functional area:
    • Request Compensation Change
    • Request One-Time Payment
    • Request Quality Step Increase
    • Within Grade Increase Notification
    For these business processes:
    • Change Benefits for Life Event
       business process in the Benefits functional area.
    • Change Personal Information
       business process in the Personal Data functional area.
    • Legal Name Change
       business process in the Contact Information functional area.
  3. Configure fields for Personnel Action Request (PAR) processing.
Based on your configuration, Workday initiates the
Personnel Action Request
 business process whenever users initiate any of the applicable business processes. You can complete, revise, and certify personnel changes for federal employees .
You can use these initiating actions on completed PAR business process events:
  • Correct
  • Cancel
You can only correct or cancel a PAR business process event that you initiated in Workday. Workday routes PAR corrections and cancellations for certification. When PAR cancellations or corrections are in-progress, you can cancel the business process event.
You can generate a printable PDF by accessing these tasks on the
Worker Data: Personnel Action Requests
 domain:
  • Print Notification of Personnel Action (SF-50)
  • Print Request for Personnel Action (SF-52)
You can also generate printable PDFs by selecting the
Print (SF-50)
 or
Print (SF-52)
 options from the related actions menu of a PAR event.
To include a PAR-generated request number, access the
Maintain Federal Fields Values
 task. In the
ID Definition for Personal Action Request
field, select the
Create ID Definition/Sequence Generator
option.
Workday enables you to print the SF-52 for initiated, canceled, or completed PAR events. You can only print the SF-50 for completed PAR events.
Access the
Find Personnel Action Requests
 report to view PAR events for your organization. Security: The
Worker Data: Personnel Action Requests
 domain in the Staffing functional area.
To view PAR events for a specific worker, access the
Personnel Action Request
 tab in the
View Worker History by Category
 task on the worker profile. Security: These domains in the Staffing functional area:
  • Self-Service: Historical Staffing Information
  • Worker Data: Historical Staffing Information