Reference: Job and Business Titles
Workers can have both a job title and a business title in Workday. The term
job title
applies to all staffing models and is equivalent to a position title in a position management organization.A job title takes precedence over a business title.
Example: If you change a job title, which is populated from the job profile, from Consultant to Sales Solution Consultant, the business title will automatically change to Sales Solution Consultant.
Titles have these default values and characteristics.
Job Title | Business Title | |
|---|---|---|
Automatically populates from the Job Title Default field (or if blank, from the Job Profile Name field) on the job profile. | X
| |
Automatically populates from the Job Title field in staffing tasks. | X
| |
Editable in staffing tasks. | X
| X
|
Effective dated. | X
| X
|
Display name for a worker's job. | X
| |
Secured to the Worker Data: Business Title on Worker Profile domain for greater control over view permission. | X
| |
Updates automatically if it defaults from the job profile and you change the Job Title Default or Job Profile Name field. | X
| X
|
Can be updated through the Title Change business process, independent from other job data and optionally available for employee self-service. | X
| |
Clears automatically if you override the default title and you change the worker's job profile. | X
| X
|
Translatable if it defaults from the job profile, but not if you specify an override. | X
| X
|