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Workday User Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Steps: Create a Discovery Board

Steps: Create a Discovery Board

These domains in the System functional area:
  • Discovery Boards: Create
  • Drive
Discovery boards enable you to perform drag and drop analysis by iteratively asking questions around data in a data source. Use a discovery board to create 1 or more visualizations, which are graphical representation of certain data fields selected from a data source.
  1. Access the Drive Home page.
  2. Select
    New
    Discovery Board
    .
    You can also duplicate an existing discovery board by right-clicking it and selecting
    Make a Copy
    .
  3. Enter a name.
Workday creates a discovery board and adds it to your list of documents on the
My Files
view in Drive. The discovery board contains 1 empty visualization to begin your analysis.
You can:
  • Enter an explanatory description below the board title to help viewers understand the board's purpose and scope.
  • Open the discovery board and edit the empty visualization, and add more visualizations as desired.
  • Add your discovery board as a worklet on the Home page.
  • Share the board with other users and assign their access to the board.
  • Permanently delete discovery boards by accessing the
    Drive Permanent File Delete
    task.