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Workday User Guide
Last Updated: 2025-03-14
Download Visualizations

Download Visualizations

Security:
Discovery Boards: Create
domain in the System functional area.
You can download visualizations as CSV or PNG image files to your computer.
  1. Select a viz.
  2. (Available for all viz types except Matrix Report - Pivot Tables and Advanced Report - Tables.) Select
    Download as PNG
    from the related actions menu of the viz.
  3. (Available for Matrix Report - Pivot Tables and Advanced Report - Tables only.) Select
    Download as CSV
    from the related actions menu of the viz.
    You can also select
    Download as CSV
    from the related actions menu of
    Drill By
    and
    Show Details
    results.
    Downloading large volumes of data might impact the performance of your browser. You can't download multiple CSV files simultaneously.
    If you want to download the data as csv but don't see the
    Download as CSV
    viz menu option, check with your administrator to ensure that the security group you belong to isn't configured to exclude these functionalities under the
    Excludes Functionality
    prompt:
    • Export to PDF or Excel
    • Export to PDF or Excel (Except Payslips and W2s)
    See Create Access Restrictions for more information on how administrators can restrict access to export functionalities for security groups.
  4. (Optional) Access the
    Text Import Wizard
    in Microsoft Excel to display localized text from the CSV file.
    You can access the
    Text Import Wizard
    by:
    • Clicking
      Data
      From Text/CSV
      from the menu bar of Excel.
    • Accessing Excel, then selecting the downloaded file.
Workday generates a CSV or PNG file and saves it to the directory configured in your browser. The filename is the same as the viz name, and the viz title and description (if populated) export along with the viz.
When you open the CSV file, consider the application you select might impose limitations different from Workday. Example: Microsoft Excel limits the number of characters in each cell to 32,767.