Add and Union Fields to a Business View Data Source

Security: Manage: Business Views
domain in the System functional area.

You can add and union together fields from an underlying business objects to a business view data source to create a comprehensive view of your data.

Adding unnecessary fields can potentially decrease performance.

You can union similar fields together when:

You configure a business view definition that groups the component business objects using the union functionality instead of the join functionality.

The fields use the same related business object.

When you union 3 fields and add 1 union field, Workday counts that as 1 added field.

When you union fields, you must select 1 of the individual input fields as the primary input field. Workday uses certain field properties from the primary input field and applies them to the new union output field.

The union field inherits the security domains from all of the input fields. See Concept: Union Fields Security.

Access the

Configure Delivered Business View

task.

Select a business view data source and click

We display all fields currently defined in the business view data source, including any fields previously added, in the

Fields

grid.

Click

Add Fields

We list all component business objects used in the data source on the

Component Business Objects

prompt.

Select the component business objects from which you want to add fields, and click

Workday:

Lists all available fields from the selected component business objects.

Displays the number of Added Fields.

Select 1 or more fields you want to add, and click

You can filter the columns in the grid to find the fields you want.

Workday displays your added fields in these sections:

Union Fields

: Lists any union fields that you configure from individual fields using the

Union Fields

button. Workday only displays this section when 1 or more of the added fields comes from a union component business object.

Individual Fields (Unionable)

: Lists fields that you can combine together into a single union field. Workday only displays this section when 1 or more of the added fields comes from a union component business object.

Individual Fields (Not Unionable)

: Lists fields that Workday adds as individual fields because you don’t have the option to union them with other fields.

To union fields, select each field in the

Union

column, and click

Union Fields

To add multiple groups of union fields, select similar groups of fields, 1 group at a time.

On the

Union Selected Fields

page, select the field you want to use as the Primary Input Field, and click

Union

The output union field inherits these properties from the primary input field:

Authorized usage. The authorized usage determines in which areas of Workday you can use the field.

Field name and description. You can override the name and description after you add the union field.

Related business object.

Workday displays the new union field in the

Unioned Fields

section.

(Optional) Select another group of fields to union and click

Union

fields.

When you complete the union of all group of fields, click

Add Fields

Workday displays an alert informing you that you are about to add fields to the business view data source.

Click

Add Fields

Workday displays all the added fields on

Configure Delivered Business Views

task.

Click

Save