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Workday User Guide
Last Updated: 2025-02-07
Set Up Table Sharing

Set Up Table Sharing

Security:
Set Up: Assignable Roles
domain in the Organization and Roles functional area.
To enable sharing a table with another user or security group, you create tenant-specific roles that correspond to the table-related Workday provided roles. Sharing tables is a way to control access to individual tables.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Assignable Roles
    task.
  2. Set up roles for the table-related Workday-provided roles.
    When you set up these tenant-specific roles, consider:
    • The name you enter in
      Role Name
      becomes the prompt value in the
      Permission
      column on the
      Edit Table Sharing
      task.
    • The security groups you select in
      Role Assignees Restricted to
      determine which users and groups you can share a table with. Select user-based security groups for the Prism roles.
    • The security groups you select in
      Assigned/Reviewed by Security Groups
      determine which users can share a table.
    Add the roles in the table below, but substitute security groups that your organization needs instead of Prism Data Writer and Prism Data Administrator:
    Role Name
    Workday Role
    Enabled for
    Self-Assign
    Role Assignees Restricted to
    Assigned/Reviewed by Security Groups
    Table Owner - Prism
    01. Table Owner - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Yes
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Table Editor - Prism
    02. Table Editor - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Table Schema Editor - Prism
    03. Table Schema Editor - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Table Viewer - Prism
    04. Table Viewer - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Table Schema Viewer - Prism
    05. Table Schema Viewer - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Can Truncate Table Data - Prism
    06. Can Truncate Table Data - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Can Delete Table Data - Prism
    07. Can Delete Table Data - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Can Update Table Data - Prism
    08. Can Update Table Data - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Can Insert Table Data - Prism
    09. Can Insert Table Data - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    Can Select Table Data - Prism
    10. Can Select Table Data - Prism
    Prism Tables
    Prism Data Writer
    Prism Data Administrator
    Prism Table Owner (Workday Owned)
    Security Administrator
    You can substitute any user-based security groups your organization has created for Prism-related tasks instead of selecting Prism Data Writer or Prism Data Administrator.