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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2026-06-26
Steps: Set Up Learning

Steps: Set Up Learning

Review setup considerations for Workday Learning.
You can set up Workday Learning to enable:
  1. Configure security for Learning.
  2. If you have Workday Learning, powered by Sana subscription, set up workers with content creator access. See Steps: Set Up Learning Content Creators.
  3. If you have a Workday Learning, powered by Sana subscription, set up user provisioning after you configure content creator security. See Steps: Set Up User Provisioning for Workday Learning Powered by Sana.
  4. Access the
    Manage Topics
    task.
    Create topics that categorize your learning content.
    Security:
    Set Up: Learning Catalog
    domain in the Learning Core functional area.
  5. Configure translations for field values on the
    Learning Topic
    business object in the
    Learning: Learning Core
    category to support global learning.
  6. You can create categories for drop reasons and subcategories when dropping learning enrollments.
  7. You can create and send calendar invites when you schedule classroom training and webinars in course offerings.
  8. You can create and send calendar invites when you schedule classroom training and webinars in course offerings.
  9. (Optional) Create and send Zoom meeting invites when you schedule classroom training and webinars in course offerings.
  10. Create and send email translation templates in the specified language of a course offering.
  11. You can create other unit types for learning courses and course offerings.
  12. (Optional) Enable learners to express interest in specific course offerings.
  13. You can create and maintain custom validation messages for learning enrollments.
  14. (Optional) Configure segmented security to restrict access to learning content.
  15. Configure the
    Learning
    report on the
    Career for Worker Profile
    profile group to enable:
    • Learners to access their learning history through self-service.
    • Managers to access the learning history of their direct reports.
    See Steps: Set Up Profiles and Profile Groups.
  16. Access the
    Copy Standard Report to Custom Report
    task.
    Copy the
    Find Workers
    report to create a custom report.
    On the
    Advanced
    tab, add a
    Mass Actions
    row and select
    Learning Mass Enroll
    from the
    Workday Supplied Mass Actions
    prompt, enabling you to mass-enroll learners. The search report must use a data source with
    Worker
    as the primary business object.
    Security:
    Set Up: Learning Catalog
    domain in the Learning Core functional area.
  17. Configure these dashboards to set up content containers as worklets and display relevant reports:
    • Learning
    • Learning Admin
    • Learning Trainer
    • My Library
    The user interface on the Learning Admin dashboard enables learning administrators and trainers to run administrative tasks. Select the
    View as Admin
    button on learning content reports to view the content as an administrator and to enable Workday to remember this setting preference. If you want to view content as a learner, select the
    View as Learner
    button on learning reports or access the content through the Learning dashboard.
  18. Create learning instructors.
  19. (Optional) Add approval steps that enable administrators or managers to review new:
    • Courses
    • Programs
    • Stand-alone lessons
    • Enrollments
    • Equivalency rules
    Business Process
    Option
    Manage Course
    Configure the
    Reset Expiration Date on Enrollments for Course
    action step as a completion step after any approval steps on this business process. This configuration initiates the
    Reset Expiration Date on Enrollments
    task when you update a course that has completed enrollments. You can configure condition rules on this step when you want it to apply to specific events on the business process.
    Configure the
    Edit Additional Data
    action step if you want to set a value for custom fields on learning courses.
    Manage Course Offering
    Configure the
    Reset Expiration Date on Enrollments for Course Offering
    action step as a completion step after any approval steps on this business process. This configuration initiates the
    Reset Expiration Date on Enrollments
    task when you update a course offering that has completed enrollments.
    Configure condition rules on this step to apply to specific events on the business process. Example: You can create a condition rule using the
    Initiated by Update Offering to Version
    report field that applies when the
    Update Offering to Version
    task initiates this business process.
    Configure the
    Edit Additional Data
    action step if you want to set a value for custom fields on learning course offerings. You can rescind an event for this business process once there are no outstanding:
    • Enrollments in the course offering.
    • Events for the course offering in progress.
    • Mass enrollment events in progress for the course offering.
    • Newer events you must rescind.
    Manage Program
    Configure the
    Edit Additional Data
    action step on this business process to set a value for custom fields on learning programs.
    See Edit Business Processes.
  20. (Optional) Create Locations.
    Create training rooms for learning instructor-led classroom training lessons.
  21. (Optional) Steps: Set Up Learning Assessors.
    Assign workers or external learning users as learning assessors for course offerings with training activity lessons.
  22. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Global
    task.
    Enable supported language options for learning content search results.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Global
    domain in the System functional area.
  23. (Optional) Configure translations in your tenant.
  24. (Optional) Configure e-commerce capabilities.
  25. Create content for the learning catalog.
  26. Enable activity streams on these objects so that learners can collaborate using comments after they enroll in or complete courses or stand-alone lessons:
    • Enrollable Learning
    • External Lesson
    • Learning Lesson
  27. (Optional) Set up email analytics for Learning to view how learners interact with emails you send from Workday.
  28. Manage tenant-wide settings for learning.
  29. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - System
    task.
    In the
    System Setup
    section, for the
    File Type Setup Instructions
    option, ensure that you include
    .ics
    to enable learners to download the iCalendar (.ics) file type.