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Last Updated: 2026-03-13
Steps: Enable Quick Actions on Workday Home

Steps: Enable Quick Actions on Workday Home

Workday recommends to opt in to to
Global Navigation Sidebar
. It'll remove the Top Apps from the Workday Home page when you enable it. Refer to the Global Navigation Standardization for more details.
You can add, remove, and reorder the most commonly used tasks by your users. These tasks will automatically display on the
Quick Actions
section on the Home page. Your users can view up to 10 tasks, reports, or external links at the top of the Home page, giving them direct access to frequently used items.
Workday now provides a dedicated View Quick Actions configuration page in the System Admin Hub. This page provides immediate visibility into your current configurations without requiring you to enter edit mode.
  1. Access the
    System Admin Hub
     and navigate to
    Quick Actions
    tab under
    Home
    . You can also search for
    View Quick Actions
    through the global search bar.
    If you have customized your
    System Admin Hub
    , you must manually add the Quick Actions page to your configuration layout to see this tab.
  2. (Optional) Toggle the
    Enable Quick Actions
     switch to turn the feature on or off.
  3. Click
    Edit Quick Actions
     to add, remove, or reorder the actions your users see.
  4. Add external links such as Quick Links or SAML SSO links to the list for your users to access external systems or pages
  5. Add a maximum of 25 items and a minimum of 3 items. Workday automatically delivers tasks such as:
    • Payslips (Mobile Only)
    • Check In (Web, Mobile)
    • My Time Clock History (Web)
    • Schedule Workers (Web)
    • My Schedule (Web, Mobile)
    • Enter Time for Worker (Web)
    • Review Time (Web)
    • Edit and Approve Time (Web)
    • Enter My Time (Web)
    • Enter My Time (Mobile)
    • Submit My Time (Web)
    • My Org Chart (Web)
    • Feedback on my Team (Web, Mobile)
    • Request Absence (Web)
    • Time Off Balance (Web)
    • My Payslips (Web, Mobile)
    • Create Expense Report (Web)
    • Total Rewards (Web, Mobile)
    • Give Feedback (Web, Mobile)
    • My Development Items (Web, Mobile)
    • Feedback Received (Web, Mobile)
    • Find Jobs (Web)
  6. Configure condition rules from the Rule column on the
    Configure Quick Actions
     task that allows you to apply an existing condition rule to a quick action. To add a rule:
    1. Access
      View Quick Actions
      , and then select
      Edit Quick Actions
      .
    2. In the
      Rule
      field, add the rule you want to apply.
  • If an external link has a rule already configured in the
    Maintain Quicklinks
     or
    Edit SAML SSO Link
     tasks, that rule will populate automatically.
  • If you want to remove the rule from the external link in Quick Actions, you must also remove it from the other configuration tasks.
  • Your existing configuration in the
    Configure Quick Actions
     task will have no impact if you don't add a new rule.
You can reload the home page in your Workday tenant to display the configured Quick Actions for your users.