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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2024-04-05
Concept: Activity Stream

Concept: Activity Stream

An activity stream is a list of activities that occur in certain objects in Workday. These activities include:
  • Comments entered into the activity stream.
  • Related business process events.
  • Related business process comments.
When you enable activity streams for Workday objects, such as
Job Application
and
Organization Goal
, Workday displays the activity stream on the view page of the object.
The stream displays the activities in reverse-chronological order (with the most recent at the top).

Add or Delete a Comment

In activity streams, you can:
  • Add a comment by entering content into the text box and clicking
    Post
    .
  • Delete a comment by clicking the
    Delete
    icon (trash can) for that comment. You must have access to the
    Administer Activity Stream
    domain to delete any comment from activity streams that you can view.

Tag a Person in a Comment

You can tag 1 or more people in activity stream comments by clicking
@
next to the comment text box and selecting users from the prompt. Who you can tag in comments depends on the Workday-delivered security requirements for the selected object. People that you don't tag can still view comments in the activity stream if they have view access.

Notifications for Activity Comments

When you tag a person in a comment, they receive a notification:
  • On their
    Notifications
    page.
  • Through the notification channel that is configured for the Activity Comments notification type on the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Notifications
    task. Example: When you configure the Activity Comments notification type to use a routing rule that specifies email as a channel, the person tagged in the activity stream receives an email notification. You can also configure SMS as the channel if it is enabled in your tenant.
Notifications include:
  • The comment.
  • Name of the person who posted the comment.
  • Link to the object where the comment occurred.
If you tag a person who doesn't have security access to the object, Workday sends the notification without a link to the object.