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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Reference: Scheduled Future Processes

Reference: Scheduled Future Processes

The
Scheduled Future Processes
report enables you to manage scheduled background processes.
You must be the schedule owner to see all associated related actions.
Related Action
Description
Notification Setup > Create
Notify users when the process runs past a specified duration in minutes and then completes.
Scheduled Future Process > Edit
Edit the schedule time, recurrence interval, time zone, and other details for the scheduled process. You can extend the schedule of a process that is near its expiration date.
To make edits, you must be the process owner. To transfer ownership, select
Schedule Future Process
Transfer Ownership
from the related actions menu of the scheduled process.
Scheduled Future Process > Edit Environment Restrictions
Select the environment in which you want the process to run.
Select the
Preview Only
check box to apply the environment restriction to Preview tenants only. You can predefine configuration settings for Sandbox and Update Sandbox Preview tenants. You don't have to change these settings in the Update Sandbox Preview tenant each time Workday refreshes it from your Production tenant.
To avoid conflicts between environments, make any necessary changes such as changing integration endpoints, disabling notifications, or changing email addresses. When you change the environment restriction, you set the selected scheduled processes for the tenants for the selected environment type. Consider if the scheduled processes initiate external integrations or enable delays for the business process steps.
Scheduled Future Process > Change Schedule
Edit the recurrence pattern, trigger time, and date range for the scheduled request.
This option is only available for future processes configured with a recurring schedule.
Scheduled Future Process > Edit Scheduled Occurrence
Change the date and time for a specific occurrence of the scheduled process. You can also select the
Delete This Scheduled Launch
check box to delete a specific occurrence.
If you make a change, we recommend that you notify your internal teams and vendors.
Scheduled Future Process > Suspend
Scheduled Future Process > Activate
Suspend a scheduled process to continue to increment the recurrence at the appropriate time. Suspending the request doesn’t initiate the background process.
Activate a process to resume the background process at the next appropriate time based on the recurrence schedule.
Scheduled Future Process > Run Now
Run the process and leave the scheduled event in place for future automated runs.
Scheduled Future Process >Transfer Ownership
Every process must have an assigned owner. If the Workday account for the assigned owner becomes inactive, the process can't start, and Workday sends no notifications.
When you transfer ownership of a scheduled future process, the report resets to
Do not share report output
for both report output and shared with security groups/users.
Shared reports retain the report definition shared option (for all authorized users and specific security groups or users). When you copy a custom report shared with others, the report resets to
Do not share report definition.
Scheduled Future Process > Delete
Suspend active processes to delete them. You can delete expired or suspended processes to prevent future automated runs.
To manage multiple processes at once, access these additional tasks:
  • Bulk Recover Scheduled Future Processes
  • Mass Update Scheduled Future Processes