Concept: Workday-Delivered Analytic Data Sources

An analytic data source is a Workday-blended and delivered data source updated on a regular schedule that can contain Workday data or external data.

Analytic data sources use Prism Analytics and are designed for high performance and analytical reporting. Although analytic data sources can contain Workday data, the data isn't updated in real time like Workday-delivered data sources directly based on business objects. When you install the analytic data source, you define how often the data updates, such as daily, weekly, or monthly.

When Workday updates the data in an analytic data source, Workday:

Runs a background job that extracts data from the Workday or external sources.
Blends and transforms the data using Prism Analytics.
Loads the data into the data source.

This processing takes time, depending on how much data is in your tenant and how often you schedule the data updates. As a result, the freshness of the data in your analytic data source depends on both the schedule frequency and the processing time required to update the data.