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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Create Direct Links to Initiate Business Processes

Create Direct Links to Initiate Business Processes

Security:
Manage: Links to Workday
 domain in the System functional area.
If you've configured your tenant to use SAML authentication, you must enable Service Provider-initiated SAML to use this feature.
You can generate URLs that directly link to the initiation steps of some business processes in Workday.
Links are specific to the environment in which you create them. Example: If you want a link to your production environment, you must run this task in your production environment.
Workday recommends that you review the What's New in Workday report to verify generated links referencing tasks that Workday includes in the report. Workday generated links can break after an update if Workday makes extensive changes to the task that the link references. Example: Workday releases a completely new version of a task and discontinues the previous version. Extensive task changes occur infrequently, and we describe all task changes in the What's New in Workday report.
  1. Access the
    Create Link to Initiate Business Process
     report.
  2. Select a task.
    The
    Select Task
     prompt displays all of the enabled business process initiation tasks that you have access to.
Workday displays the direct URL to the task. You can copy the URL to create a link in a web page or in an email.
If the user hasn't yet signed in, the link takes them to the sign-in page and Workday displays the task after successful authentication. If the user doesn't have permission to complete the task, Workday displays a message instead.