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Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Set Up Multiple Position Routing

Set Up Multiple Position Routing

To select a routing modifier for a security group, the access right for the security group on the
Edit Security Group
 task must be either:
  • Role has access to the positions they support
    .
  • Role has access to all positions
    .
Security: These domains in the System functional area:
  • Business Process Administration
  • Manage: Business Process Definitions
You can enable multiple position routing for business process step types that support the
Additional Positions
 and
Primary Position
 routing modifiers. Examples of business processes that support these routing modifiers:
  • Contact Change
  • Edit ID Information
  • Edit Licenses
  • Give Feedback
  • Request
Workers don't need to have multiple positions when you use the
Current
 and
Proposed
 routing modifiers. Examples of business processes that support these routing modifiers:
  • Add Additional Job
  • Change Job
  • Employment Agreement
  • Offer
Workday disregards the routing modifier when you reassign a business process step.
  1. Select
    Business Process
    Edit Definition
     from the related actions menu of a business process.
  2. Select
    Additional Positions
     or
    Primary Position
     from the
    Routing Modifier
     prompt on a business process step.
    When you don’t select a routing modifier, Workday routes the business process step to the specified security group for the worker's primary position and any additional positions.
    When you select
    Additional Positions
     and the worker has more than 1 additional position, Workday routes the business process step to the specified group for all relevant positions.