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Last Updated: 2025-04-04
Mass Publish Schedules for Organizations

Mass Publish Schedules for Organizations

Security:
Set Up: Centralized Scheduling
 domain in the Workday Scheduling functional area.
You can use the
Mass Publish Schedules for Organizations
 task to launch a background job that mass publishes schedules that are in
Draft
 status.
  1. Access the
    Mass Publish Schedules for Organizations
     task.
  2. Select a run frequency.
  3. Click
    OK
    .
  4. Complete the organization schedule settings:
    Option Description
    Scheduling Organizations
    Workday publishes schedules for all scheduling organizations that:
    • You select.
    • Are subordinate to the high-level scheduling organizations that you select.
    Number of Weeks
    Determines how many weeks to publish a schedule for. Enter a value from 1 to 8.
    Start Date
    For the
    Run Now
     or
    Run Once in the Future
     frequencies, Workday uses the
    Start Date
     to determine the week to publish a schedule.
    Days in the Future
    For the weekly or monthly frequencies, Workday uses the value you enter in the
    Days in the Future
     field and the day you configure on the
    Schedule
     tab to calculate when to publish the first schedule.
  5. (Optional) Complete the
    Schedule
     tab:
    Option Description
    Priority
    Setting a higher priority can reduce potential queuing.
    See Concept: Workday Scheduled Processes.
    Recurs Every x Week(s)
    Available when you select
    Weekly Recurrence
     for
    Run Frequency
    .
    Enter a number from 1 to 52.
    Days(s) of the Week
    Available when you select
    Weekly Recurrence
     for
    Run Frequency
    .
    You can select more than 1 day. Example: You want to publish schedules for 2 scheduling organizations, East and West, on the day of the week their schedules start. If the East schedule starts on Sunday and West starts on Monday, select both
    Sunday
     and
    Monday
    .
    Recurrence Type
    Available when you select
    Monthly Recurrence
     for
    Run Frequency
    .
    Specify which
    Days(s) of the Month
     or
    Day of the Week
     to run the job based on a calendar date.
    Catch Up Behavior
    Workday uses this field to determine whether to run the job again after an error.
    Start Date
    Select the date when you want the job to begin.
    End Date
    For weekly or monthly recurrence, select the date when you want the job to end.
  6. Click
    OK
     and
    Done
    .
You want to publish schedules the first Monday of the scheduling month beginning on a month 60 days in the future. Configure these options:
Option
Value
Run Frequency
Monthly Recurrence
Days in the Future
60
Day of the Week
First Monday
You can access the
Process Monitor
 report to view a summary of the schedules that were published and any errors.