Reference: Home Page Sections
Workday displays greetings based on the user's local time. These sections on the Home page enable you to add personalized content to help users navigate easily to the various tasks and reports within Workday, as well as external links.
Section | Description |
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Announcements
| Displays the announcements carousel at the top-right section of the home page.
Your users can see 1 announcement at a time but are able to navigate through the announcements after clicking into them by selecting the right or left arrows. We update the thumbnail to the last announcement clicked by your user when viewing them on the Workday home page. |
Awaiting Your Action
| Displays up to 4 of the most recent items.
My Tasks display on your home page.
If there are more cards to display, you can expand the section via the View More button. The cards are sorted by the earliest due dates.Additionally, the cards displaying in the Awaiting Your Action section no longer have the sub-title option. This simplifies the action, and aligns with the other items in this section.You can enable/disable this section by selecting the Enable My Tasks check box from Home Page Settings .After you select Enable My Tasks , Workday displays the Disable Hiding check box that enables you to prevent users from hiding My Tasks preview items. Workday still displays Journey previews when you have access to Workday Journeys.The Go to My Tasks button in the Awaiting Your Action section provides you:
Managers can also click the Quick Review button in the Awaiting Your Action section to review and approve select transactions. |
Important Dates
| Displays for the manager:
You can disable any of these events by accessing the Work Tools section on the System Admin report and unchecking the event in the Important Dates section. |
Onboarding Timeline
| Displays the Onboarding Timeline for the users' active Onboarding Plan on the top-right of the home page.This section displays when:
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Quick Actions
| Displays up to 10 tasks, reports, or external links at the top of your home page. Provides users with direct access to frequently used items. 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. Workday now provides a dedicated View Quick Actions configuration page in the System Admin Hub . |
Recommended For You
| Displays these 2 cards automatically:
You can personalize this section by adding 1 or more relevant cards, or removing this section by unpublishing the cards. |
Team Highlights
| Displays for a manager:
Publish the Required Learning card to display the required learning insight on the manager's home page in the Team Highlights section. |
Timely Suggestions
| Displays up to 3 cards automatically with an option to view more cards.
Workday displays an empty section when you haven't added cards that map to this section on the Home Cards Workspace report. |
Work Tools
| Displays up to 4 Extend cards, Important Dates , Onboarding sections on desktop and mobile, and the Sana card that provides an AI-powered conversational experience.You can click Edit Work Tools located on the top right side on the Work Tools section and:
The configuration is automatically available on the Home Cards Workspace report if you've opted into the System Admin Hub . |
Your Top Apps
| Displays the first 4 apps or worklets from the View All Apps section and the global navigation menu.
You can enable this section by selecting the Enable Top Apps (Do Not Use) check box from the Home Page Settings tab on the System Admin report.
When you opt-in to the Global Navigation Sidebar in the Edit Tenant Setup - System , the Your Top Apps section is removed from the home page. |