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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Changing Business Titles

Concept: Changing Business Titles

You can specify a worker's business title in staffing tasks such as:
  • Add Job
  • Change Job
  • Contract Contingent Worker
  • Edit Position
  • Hire Employee
  • Start International Assignment
The business title automatically populates from the job title when you select a job profile.
  • If the job profile has an empty
    Job Title Default
     field, then the job title automatically populates from the
    Job Profile Name
     field.
  • If you override the default job title, the business title automatically changes to match the job title, but you can also override the business title.
Both titles are effective until the worker's job profile changes; then the job and business titles automatically populate from the new job profile.
There are 4 ways to change a business title in Workday. Only administrators can make future-dated changes to business titles.
  • Administrators can:
    • Use the
      Change Business Title
       task.
    • Use the
      Change Business Title
       web service and EIB.
    • Change a worker's business title when correcting a staffing event.
  • Workers can use the
    Change My Business Title
     self-service task to change their own business title.
You can change business titles out of order, without having to rescind later events in a worker's history, even if those events also change the business title.
You must override the default job title and business title before you can translate business and position titles.