How to Use Workday Documentation

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We provide Guides documentation by product area for these audiences:

Administrators: How to plan for releases, as well as configure, implement, and use Workday products. We deliver this content in product-specific guides, and you to need to log in to view it.

Users: How to use Adaptive Planning, Strategic Sourcing, Peakon Employee Voice, and more.

Developers: Access to Workday Extend and API resources. Some of this content requires you to log in to view it.

If you have questions about how to use Workday for personal tasks as an employee, such as setting up your payroll deductions, please consult your employer's guidelines or contact your Workday administrator.

You can view quick links and overview videos on the Home page, and access Workday product and platform information from the Guides page.

The Workday Documentation site offers these features:

Feature	How It Works
Navigation	Click the Workday logo or Workday Documentation in the header or Home from the menu to access the documentation home page. In Guides content, to drill into a section of a book, select the caret icon next to the text instead of the text itself. Example: In the Human Capital Management book table of contents, select the caret icon next to Worker Information to get to the next section level. Use the breadcrumbs above any topic title to orient yourself within the documentation, especially after navigating to a topic from your search results. Navigate through a book by clicking the previous and next topic links at the bottom of each topic. Some Workday guides require log in credentials to view the content. When you click a link to one of these guides, Workday prompts you to log in. For access, contact your HR or IT administrator.
Products	We organize content on the Guides page by product areas.
Topic Types	We deliver most of our content within these topic types: Setup Considerations: Overview of a product or feature for you to use to assess configuration options and plan the work needed to set up the functionality. Tasks: How to set up and use a product or feature. Concepts: Background information about what you need to know to complete tasks. References: Reference material that supports Workday usage. Examples: Step-by-step instructions for how to accomplish a specific goal in Workday. FAQs: Answers to questions we've frequently received through Workday Community, Customer Support cases, and more. Troubleshooting: Describes problems, possible causes, and their resolutions for a product or feature. Use Case: Describes a complicated process or task with a diagram or a video.
Search and Filter	Search with exact phrases, wildcards, or operators across all publications. Use facets to narrow your search results. To learn more about how to search our content, see Find Information.
Multilingual	You can display content in your preferred language by selecting the globe icon at the top of the documentation home page. While on the Home or Guides pages, a globe icon displays next to the links for translated content if there is a mixed language experience. You can also search in different languages.
Download and Print	You can download and print our content in either of these ways: Click Download PDF at the top of a topic to download the entire book the topic is in. Print all or specific topics from the downloaded file. Use your browser functionality to download or print an individual topic in PDF format.
Links	Find additional information linked in the Related Information section at the end of a topic. Click cross-book links to view content located in another book. Click links with an external icon (a blue box with a white arrow) for content outside of our documentation.
Provide Feedback	Send feedback directly to Workday's documentation team by responding to the Was this helpful? prompt at the bottom of a topic. We recommend including your feedback details, name, and email so that we can respond to your feedback or query.
Glossary	Access the full glossary from all books to view Workday-specific terminology.