Count Related Instances

Administrator Guide

Security: Custom Field Management
domain in the System functional area.

You can use the calculated field to count the number of instances in a related business object based on a condition. Workday counts only the instances that you have permission to view.

Access the

Create Calculated Field

task.

Select Count Related Instances
from the

Function

prompt.

On the

Calculation

tab, select a single instance or multi-instance option from the

Related Field

prompt.

In the

Count

section, click:

All instances
.

Instances where condition is true
to have Workday count only the instances that meet the specified condition.

You can count:

Employees hired during the last year by location.

Managers in an organizational unit in order to compute the management span of control.

Open positions in an organization.

Sick days occurring on Monday or Friday during the last year for each employee.

You can create a count related instances calculated field that provides a count of involuntary employee terminations in your organization.

Field	Value
Business Object	Organization
Related Field	Termination Events
Count	Instances where condition is true
Instances where condition is true	Is Involuntary Employee Termination

You can create:

Additional calculated fields.

New calculated fields from within a count related instances calculated field.

Concept: Calculated Fields

Create Calculated Fields