FAQ: Workday Home
This topic contains frequently asked questions about the Workday home page.
- How can I configure where the sections are on the home page?
- You can't configure the location of each section on the home page; however, you can select to enable or disable some of these sections from theHome Page Workspace. See Concept: Home Page Workspace Concept: Home Page Workspace for more details.You can now customize the layout of theWork Toolssection on the home page. You can reorderOnboarding,Important Dates, and any custom Extend Cards using the Work Tools configuration in theHome Cards Workspace. Work Tools display beneath the Announcements on the home page.
- How can I apply my company branding to my home page?
- You can select to display a custom banner, logo, and colors to your tenant by accessing theConfigure Tenant Brandingtask. See Reference: Recommended Image Sizes for Tenant Branding for branding information and recommended image sizes.
- Why is Quick Tasks being replaced by Quick Actions?
- Workday is replacing the machine learning-powered Quick Tasks section with the newQuick Actionssection.Quick Actionsallows administrators to configure frequently used tasks, reports, and external links that'll appear on the Home page. This gives you more control over the user experience by enabling you to add, remove, and reorder the most commonly used tasks.On theConfigure Quick Actionstask, you can use theRulecolumn to apply an existing condition rule to a quick action. Workday recommends opting in to theGlobal Navigation Sidebar. It removes Top Apps from the Workday Home page and gives you 1 click access to all your navigation from the Home page and all pages within Workday. You can refer to the Global Navigation Sidebar for details.
- How does Quick Actions and Global Navigation Sidebar function together to provide a better user experience?
- The global navigation side bar and quick actions were designed together to give customers flexibility. The intention of quick actions is to provide admins a way to pull out tasks/actions that are often embedded within hubs/dashboards to make them easily accessible from the home page. Example: Benefits and pay hub can be in side bar navigation, while you can make view payslip a quick action so users don't have to navigate to the hub to view their recent pay information.
- What is the best practice to navigate through Workday?
- You can use theGlobal Navigation Menuthat displays on the top-left corner of the page to access consistent navigation. The menu includes tasks, reports, and applications anywhere in Workday. TheAdd AppsandEditoptions allow users to add, remove, and reorder menu items within the same category. If you know the name of the person or task/report you’re looking for, you can use the search at the top. Otherwise, you can review the actions and insights on the home page to complete important tasks and browse suggestions.
- How can I enable insights and card content on the home page?
- There are a variety of insights that you can enable to display on the home page. See Concept: Home Page Cards for a list of all these insights. You can navigate to theHome Cards WorkspacetoAddandPublishthem.You can also go to theSystem Adminreport and click theSettingspage located in Workday Home to enable and disable certain sections. You can refer to:
- Which users can see the Team Highlights and Important Dates sections?
- Workday now automatically identifies managers to determine whether to display theTeam HighlightsandImportant Datessections. For theTeam Highlightssection to display, the user must have:
- Access to direct report data.
- Minimum 1 direct report.
Access theView User Typesreport and click theSearch by Userbutton to learn how users are identified as managers.To view theView User Typesreport, you must have configuration access to 1 of these security domains:- Set Up: People Experience Configurationthat enables you to customize the home page.
- Security:Security Configurationdomain in the System functional area.