THE WORKDAY SECURITY MODEL Flashcards
What controls access to reports and report data?
The Workday security model
What is a Security Domain?
- A predefined set of related securable items that include reports, tasks, report fields, data sources, and data source filters.
- The securable items that make up a domain do not change.
- Users in the security group can have view or modify access to the securable items.
What is a Security Group?
- A collection of users.
- Users are given group membership as individual users or by identifying groups of users by attributes.
- Attributes may include their position role assignment, or job details such as management level or geographic location.
What is a Domain Security Policy?
- Controls a user’s access to the securable items in the domain.
- Each domain has it’s own domain security policy that contains access to the securable items in the domain.
- Users in the security group can have view or modify access to the securable items.
What secures all delivered items including data sources, report fields, delivered reports, and tasks?
Domains
Are custom reports shared by default?
No. Custom reports are visible only to its owner (and to users who have access to manager all custom reports.
How do you control if report writers can use the different sharing options?
Report writers must have access to Report Definition Sharing - All Authorized Users, Specific Groups, or Specific Users domains.
What report displays all warnings and errors for custom reports?
Custom Report Exception Audit standard report.
What task do you run to schedule a report or report group to run?
Schedule a Report task
What are the report output options for schedule reports?
Output Type: Select Excel, Report (PDF), or Text (CSV).
Report Tags: Associate report tags with the report output to make the file easy to find.
File to be Deleted After (Days): Specify how many days Workday should keep the report output before deleting it.
Do Not Output an Empty Report: Select this option to suppress the create of an empty file on the My Reports menu if there is no report output and eleminate the corresponding email notification.
Hide Prompt Values: Hides the prompt values of the output type of Excel or Text (CSV).
- You can create a custom report if you have access to what security domain?
A. Custom Report Creation
B. Custom Report Administration
C. Scheduled Report Processes
D. Any unconstrained security group
A. Custom Report Creation
- A user gets the following error message when running a report: “Attempt to run a report where you do not have access to one or more fields referenced in the report’s filter. Fields: Age. filter.” What is the root cause of this issue?
A. The user does not belong to a security group that has access to a report field used in a filter.
B. The user does not belong to a security group that has access to a report field used as a column.
C. The user has designated a report field from a data source outside of the report as a filter.
A. The user does not belong to a security group that has access to a report field used in a filter.
- An HR partner runs an employee report that includes the Citizenship Status field. She can see the Citizenship Status for some employees on the report but not all. Why can she not see this data for some employees? (Select Two Correct Answers)
A. The Citizenship Status data is missing for these employees
B. She has applied a filter to limit the instances returned.
C. She only has constrained access to the Citizenship Status report field.
A. The Citizenship Status data is missing for these employees
C. She only has constrained access to the Citizenship Status report field.
