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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Organizations and Custom Objects

Concept: Organizations and Custom Objects

Create Custom Objects and Fields

Workday enables you to create custom objects and fields for these organization types:
  • Company
  • Cost Center
  • Custom Organization
  • Location
  • Region
  • Supervisory Organization

View and Edit Custom Objects and Fields

From the related actions menu of an organization, select
Additional Data
View All
or
Additional Data
Edit
.
  • To view a custom object, you must belong to a security group with View permissions to a domain that secures the custom object.
  • To edit a custom object, you must belong to a security group with Modify permissions to a domain that secures the custom object.
To access custom fields for an organization that is returned by the Lookup Organization function, you need to create additional calculated fields.

View Custom Fields on Profile Views

Workday provides an
Additional Data
profile tab that is available on organization types that support custom objects and fields.
To display the
Additional Data
profile tab, access the
Configure Profile Group
task.
The
Additional Data
tab only displays the custom objects and custom fields for which you have View permissions on the domain security policy that secures the custom objects.