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Last Updated: 2026-02-06
Create Adoption Items from What's New in Workday Report

Create Adoption Items from What's New in Workday Report

Security:
  • Adoption Planning
     domain in the Adoption functional area.
  • Workday What’s New
     domain in the System functional area.
You can create adoption items from release notes in the
What’s New in Workday
 report to plan and track your team’s uptake of new features and enhancements in the Adoption Planning Hub. You can use these items to plan short-term or long-term feature adoption.
  1. Access the
    Adoption Planning
     report.
  2. Click
    Create from What’s New
    .
  3. (Optional) To display all release notes including those already linked to adoption items, clear the
    Exclude Items with Linked Adoption Items
     check box.
  4. Select release notes that you want to link to adoption items.
  5. As you complete the task, consider:
    Button
    Description
    Create Individual Item(s)
    Creates an adoption item for each release note.
    Create Item for Group
    Creates a single adoption item for a group of release notes.
    Link Group to Existing Item(s)
    Links a group of release notes to existing adoption items. If you select this option, you won't proceed to the
    Details and Planning
    tab.
  6. As you complete the
    Details and Planning
     tab, consider:
    Option Description
    Status
    Statuses identify workflows for deployment. To add items to your backlog, assign 1 of these statuses:
    • In Backlog
    • In Review
    • Prioritized
    To add items to your roadmap, assign 1 of these statuses:
    • Deferred
    • On Roadmap
    Using the
    Maintain Adoption Item Statuses
     task, you can:
    • Create your own custom statuses.
    • Configure how adoption items are displayed in Adoption Planning based on status.
    Assigned To
    When adding an adoption item to your roadmap, select an assignee for the adoption item. If you don't select an assignee, Workday assigns the adoption item to you.
  7. Click
    Create Adoption Item(s)
    .
Workday creates the adoption items and links them to the selected release notes.
You can view your adoption items by clicking
Adoption Backlog
 or
Adoption Roadmap
 on the
Adoption Planning
 report.
To archive adoption items, assign 1 of these statuses:
  • Completed
  • Duplicate
  • Will Not Do
You can access archived adoption items using the
All Adoption Items
 task.