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Last Updated: 2025-04-04
Download and Install Workday Studio for macOS

Download and Install Workday Studio for macOS

Workday Studio is built on the Eclipse development platform. It comprises more than 150 Eclipse plugins in addition to platform and third-party dependencies. To use it, you need 2 versions of the Java™ Development Kit (JDK):
  • Eclipse requires a JDK compatible with Java version 17.
  • The Studio runtime requires a JDK compatible with Java version 8.
Install both JDKs and then ensure that:
  • Your Java Runtime Environment is set to Java 8.
  • Your JDK compiler compliance level is set to Java 1.8.
  1. Download and install a JDK that's compatible with Java version 17. You can download the free open-source implementation, OpenJDK, from a variety of sources.
    Example:
    • Users of Apple Silicon must use an Apple Silicon ARM JDK17. An x86_64 JDK will not work.
    • Studio requires a JDK that's compatible with Java 17 specifically, not Java 17 as a minimum.
  2. Download and install a JDK that's compatible with Java version 8. Again, you can choose the free open-source implementation, OpenJDK.
    Example:
    • Select the Zulu OpenJDK 8 that’s appropriate for your operating system
    • Users of Apple Silicon must use an Apple Silicon ARM JDK8. An x86_64 JDK will not work.
    • Studio requires a JDK that's compatible with Java 8 specifically, not Java 8 as a minimum.
  3. Download the correct macOS Studio installer:
  4. To launch the installation, open the installation .jar file.
  5. Read the license agreement, then select the terms acceptance check box. Click
    Next
    .
  6. Browse to the location of your JDK 17 installation and click
    Next
    . Example: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-17.jdk/Contents/Home.
  7. If the JVM details are correct, click
    Confirm
    . Otherwise, click
    Back
    .
  8. Select the
    Report Designer
     pack to install it alongside Workday Studio. You can also install Report Designer later from within Studio.
  9. Browse to the directory where you wish to install Studio. Click
    Next
    .
  10. When Studio displays the Installation Complete message, click
    Next
    , then click
    Finish
    .
    Eclipse with Java 17 can't use a Workspace created by Eclipse with Java 8. On launch, you can update your existing Workspace to make it compatible with Java 17. Alternatively, you can create an entirely new compatible Workspace. Once you've updated your Workspace, you can't use it with earlier versions of Studio.
  11. To ensure that Java 8 is available as a Java Runtime Environment in Studio, navigate to its
    Preferences
     panel:
    Workday Studio
    Preferences
    Java
    Installed JREs
    If Java 8 is missing, click
    Add
     and select
    Standard VM
     as the JRE Type. Specify the
    Directory
     where you installed the JDK 8.
  12. Ensure that the check box beside the Java 8 JRE is selected.
  13. Check the Execution Environments for a perfect match:
    Workday Studio
    Preferences
    Java
    Installed JREs
    Execution Environments
    Select
    JavaSE-1.8
     in the
    Execution Environments
     panel, then select the environment described as a 'perfect match' in the
    Compatible JREs
     panel.
  14. In Studio's
    Preferences
     panel, navigate to
    Java
    Compiler
    .
  15. Under
    JDK Compliance
    , from the
    Compiler compliance level
     drop-down menu, select
    1.8
    .
  16. Click
    Apply and Close
    .
    Before configuring Studio, refer to this overview of Workday Data Centers. The data center page for your tenants contains information that your IT department can use to configure firewalls and ensure proper Studio access to Workday.