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Last Updated: 2026-10-02
Steps: Set Up Workday Home

Steps: Set Up Workday Home

To use videos on the Workday Home page, such as in announcements, you might need to take additional steps to set up Media Cloud based on your organization's subscription service agreement. See Getting Started with Media Cloud.
You might need to take additional steps to enable this feature based on your organization's subscription service agreement. Your organization is either on the Main Service Agreement (MSA) or the Universal Main Service Agreement (UMSA). To determine your organization's subscription service agreement:
  1. Select your profile avatar on Workday Community.
  2. Select
    Profile
    .
  3. On your profile page, select your organization's name, which is beneath your name and next to your job title.
  4. View your
    Subscription Service Agreement
     value.
If the value is:
  • UMSA
    , the feature is automatically available. You can skip the
    Enable Innovation Services Feature and AI Data Contributions for MSA Customers
     step. For more information on Machine Learning data contributions, see Concept: Workday AI for Universal Main Subscription Agreement Customers.
  • MSA
    , you must enable this feature through Innovation Services using the
    Enable Innovation Services Feature and AI Data Contributions for MSA Customers
    step.
Note: UMSA customers don't have Innovation Services tasks and reports in their tenants as these are for MSA customers only. UMSA customers can ignore all information regarding Innovation Services.
You can set up the Workday Home page to enable your employees to access engaging company information from a central place by providing a home page and search result experience. You can customize the Home page to display curated and configurable widgets:
  • Announcements.
  • Daily Briefs.
  • Configurable Cards.
  • External Links
  • Workday Cards.
  1. Enable the People Experience functional area.
  2. Grant security groups permissions to
    Set Up: People Experience Configuration
     domain in the People Experience functional area:
    • Set Up: People Experience Configuration
      . Enables you to customize the Home page.
  4. Select
    Home Page Configuration
     located in the
    System Admin
     hub to:
    • Add, remove, and reorder Extend cards to the home page.
    • Add, remove, and reorder Configurable cards to the home page.
    • Configure the various sections of the Home page that includes
      Extend
       cards,
      Important Dates
      ,
      Onboarding
      , and
      My Team
      .
    • Add a condition rule to the home page widgets to display them to specific users.
    • Preview the home page layout using the Preview button for the desired platform (web or mobile).
  5. Select
    Home Cards Workspace
     located in the
    System Admin
     report to:
    • Add and publish cards to the Home page in the
      Added Cards
      section.
  6. Refer to Concept: Sana Workspace and Steps: Set Up Sana for Workday on enabling the Sana Workspace.
    Grant security groups permissions to
    Set Up: People Experience Configuration
     domain in the People Experience functional area:
    • Set Up: People Experience Configuration
      . Enables you to customize the Home page.
  7. Security:
    Set Up: People Experience Configuration
     domain in the People Experience functional area.
  8. Select
    Home Page Settings
     located in the
    System Admin
     report to customize certain sections of the home page.
    1. Select
      Enable My Tasks
       to display the
      To Do
      section on the
      Daily Brief
       widget on the home page.
    2. Once you select
      Enable My Tasks
      , you have the option to select
      Disable Hiding
       that restricts users from hiding inbox items on the Home page.
    3. Select either
      Hire Date
       or
      Continuous Service Date
       from the
      Anniversary Display Date
       for the Anniversary for Worker card to indicate the type of date you want to display on your workers' home page.
      Security:
      Set up: People Experience Configuration
      domain in the People Experience functional area.
  9. (Optional) Access the
    Manage Tenant Search Sources
     task to select which product categories display in the Federated Search.
    Security:
    Set Up: People Experience Configuration domain
     in the People Experience functional area.
  10. (Optional) Access the
    Maintain Time Off Plan Balance Display Priority for Search
     task.
    Enter priorities for time off plan balances that you want to display in the
    Your Time Off Summary
     card. Workday delivers these personalized results as part of the Smart Summaries feature.
  12. Access the
    Global Navigation Configuration
     report
     to add and required and recommended apps and external links to the Global Navigation Menu.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Worklets
     domain in the System functional area.
  14. (Optional) Brand your Workday tenant with custom images and color.