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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2025-09-19
Concept: Intelligent Prompt Recommendations for Payroll

Concept: Intelligent Prompt Recommendations for Payroll

Workday's Form Completion Assistant uses machine learning to provide intelligent prompt recommendations for payroll when you create:
  • Costing allocations.
  • Creditor garnishment withholding orders for Payroll for the U.S.
  • Manual payments.
  • On-demand payments.
  • Pay calculations.
  • Pay group assignments.
  • Payroll accounting adjustments.
  • Payroll inputs.
  • Records of Employment (ROEs) for Payroll for Canada.
  • Tax filing reports.
  • Withholding orders for Payroll for Canada.
Using prompt recommendations improves data accuracy and can help you complete tasks more efficiently. Workday displays up to 5 recommendations for each supported prompt based on a combination of your most recently used and most frequently used selections. Workday doesn't display invalid selections for a prompt and can update recommendations based on the values in other fields.
To view the supported prompts and tasks, see Reference: Form Completion Assistant.

Opting Out of Prompt Recommendations

Workday enables Form Completion Assistant prompt recommendations by default. You can opt out of recommendations for payroll by accessing the
Payroll
,
Payroll for Canada
, or
Payroll for USA
sections of the
Maintain Machine Learning Prompt Recommendations
task and clearing the
Enable Machine Learning Recommendations
check boxes for any or all of these categories:
  • Assign Costing Allocation
  • Create Payroll Accounting Adjustments
  • Creditor Garnishment Type
    (for Payroll for the U.S)
  • Off Cycle Payments
  • Payroll Input
  • Proposed Pay Group
  • ROEs
    (for Payroll for Canada)
  • Run Pay Calculation
  • Tax Filing Reports
  • Withholding Orders
    (for Payroll for Canada)
You can opt back in to intelligent prompt recommendations for payroll by reselecting the check boxes.