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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2026-04-03
Steps: Set Up External Transcripts

Steps: Set Up External Transcripts

You can:
  • Record external transcripts and coursework for prospects and students.
  • Configure how Workday displays external transcripts on prospect and student profiles.
  • Create educational taxonomy codes and course tags to help you configure transfer credit rules and meet the transfer policy requirements of your state.
  1. Set up educational institutions with grading schemes and course catalogs to record coursework from external transcripts.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Create External Transcript Designation
    task.
    Create designations for external transcripts. Examples: Honors designations, exit codes.
    Security:
    Manage: Student External Transcript Designations
    domain in the Academic Foundation functional area.
  3. Define the external educational credentials that prospects and students earn from their previous education.
  4. Access the
    Create Educational Taxonomy Scheme
    task.
    Set up educational taxonomy schemes and codes to support state, local, or other classification requirements.
    Security:
    Set Up: Academic Structure
    domain in the Academic Foundation functional area.
  5. Access the
    Maintain Course Tags
    task.
    Create course tags to use on the course history on student external transcripts.
    Security:
    Manage: Course Tags
    domain in the Student Records functional area.
  6. Edit Domain Security Policies.
    Grant the security groups appropriate access to these domains in the Academic Foundation functional area:
    Domain
    Description
    Manage: Student External Transcripts
    Enables users to add, edit, and delete external transcripts.
    Student Data: External Records
    Enables users to view educational institution attendances, external transcripts, and education test results on the student profile.
  7. Activate Pending Security Policy Changes.
  8. (Optional) Display education and test results on the application of the prospect profile.
    1. Access the
      Configure Profile Group
      task.
    2. From the
      Profile Group
      prompt, select
      Application for Student Prospect
      .
    3. Add the
      External Records
      report.
    Security:
    Set Up: System
    domain in the System functional area.
  9. From the
    By Functional Area
    prompt, select 1 or more of these options:
    • View Student - Academics - External Records
    • View Student Prospect - Education - External Records
    Hide columns of the
    Education
    grid on the
    External Records
    reports on student and prospect profiles for certain security groups.
  10. (Optional) Configure a
    SPEEDE External Transcript Inbound
    integration for importing external transcripts.
Workday displays the
External Records
report on the:
  • Education profile group of the prospect profile.
  • Application profile group of the prospect profile, when you configure the profile group.
You can view:
  • Designations on the
    Find Student External Transcript Designation
    report.
  • Taxonomy codes and schemes on the
    Find Educational Taxonomy Schemes
    report.