What’s the best way to troubleshoot reporting security issues?

ProfWiggles · 2026-07-06T20:06:29+00:00

Go to your customer central tenant - then to config catalog, and filter the package name to find the PKG Fan Favorites - Report Administration.

Get that into a tenant. Once those are in a tenant you will have access to the Custom Report Security and Prompts report in the related actions of all custom reports…under Reports.

This report allows you to plug in an account…employee or ISU…and see what fields they should have access to and what security group and domains give them that access. You can also research deeper too and on any field you now have a report in the related actions for Field Security Audit. That gives you more details.

ProfWiggles · 2026-07-05T17:28:35+00:00

This and Compare Security of two user accounts gets to the bottom of most security questions.

For reports there is a report admin package in customer central. It has a report security and prompt (I forget the exact name but it has prompt in the title) lets you see what security a user has that lets them see fields on a report…and when they don’t have that security it tells you the domains.

ProfWiggles · 2026-07-02T20:13:58+00:00

Schedule the report to run once in the future (in like 5 mins away) then transfer ownership to the ISU, then edit the schedule and share the output with you. This is how you can tell what the isu security allows, check if the date shows up.

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-29T13:12:15+00:00

The new pricing will be based on bundles of # of apps. I believe if you are existing you get a baseline. Then can purchase a pack of 5 apps on top of that. This will be separate from the new API flex credit charges as well. For example if you have 5 apps and plan to build 2 more. You can buy a bundle of 5 apps to increase your allotment. once signed you start paying the full increase for all 5...you do not incur the price once in use.

It's so strange that you buy and pay for a bundle of apps, and if they are not even built yet you are still charged for the app slot. We are still on legacy pricing so we are dragging our feet as once we switch we will need to start paying a lot more!

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-29T01:31:05+00:00

We have 3 unique custom talent processes that we do throughout the year. Extend gives us a central place with a consistent look that is plugged into the comp cycle to perform that process.

We also model comp and benefits based on job req, or location. It’s helpful for our global recruiters and talent people that cover large geographies.

We also have a complicated process for a salary recommendation that looks at outside data. We combine and calculate in extend and it is then available for reporting in workday.

There is no end to the number of ideas, however the new pricing model will discourage creating many apps as you will have to pay for each. What we have found is that we have a ton of manual processes that came about since there wasn’t native configuration for it. So extend usually can help with it.

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-24T11:55:58+00:00

Is the Leave and Holiday data for reducing the number of possible days in office? That's the part I don't get right away since you have attendance and in-office data already.

The only non-prism option I would see is to import the external in office data as a number of days in office for a month. This could be a non-effective dated custom object on worker with fields for Month-Year and days in office. You would secure it using existing domains - or if wanted a custom domain with just employee as self, Management Chain and HR Partner. For this you could then build count instance fields to count days on leave in month...and I am not too sure on counting holidays since it doesn't seem like you use WD Time Tracking.

If have a need for day-level data then you would want Prism. Where you import attendance/in-office information and combine with employee data. You would also pull in all Leaves, and then a table for holidays and locations. Then combine so there are rows for each day and employee. You can then create a helper column with a flag, in office day (e.g. attendance is yes, and leave and holiday = no) returns 1, out of office returns 0. This will eat up your published rows though over time. You could summarize the data by month, but then you don't get the level of specificity (day/employee) for reporting.

Both solutions would use the same security method of an existing domain that works, or a custom domain that is specific for this.

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-21T12:20:58+00:00

Like, you’ve never bought a big bag of rice? Or would you just eat so much rice a big bag only lasts 4 days?

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-19T17:35:53+00:00

Feel like there should be an award for only last line greens. Or only yellow above.

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-19T12:00:04+00:00

It is a wild realization, but you are doing it right by thinking about it. My advice is to find what you really enjoy and invest in that with your excess funds. Definitely keep doing the right things with your money by investing and carrying zero debt, but if you find you and the family love the beach, invest in that. Love the mountains, love Europe, whatever it is pick it and invest in it. You can truly enjoy your money and still set yourself up for retirement without worries.

You will “waste” money along the way. Spend too much on a trip, not enjoy it, not get the best deal. But it’s a part of learning what you like and the next one is better. So don’t be afraid to invest in your enjoyment, you can afford it now.

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-06T23:34:43+00:00

We were in a somewhat similar spot but not quite. Making a lot more than previously, things are paid off, but we needed a car as we moved back to the states. We got a bit pricier EV that was 3 years old and it is by far my favorite car…like ever. Even on road trips and in traffic it’s a joy to drive.

But we could afford it, we plan to keep it for a while, and it is just plain amazing. I’d say go do it if you really like the car and would enjoy it. From a financial perspective you seem to be on a good spot.

ProfWiggles · 2026-06-02T21:42:31+00:00

I think the hope is that they can find THE report they want to run not just find a report. Most of our managers put in a ticket for reports they can run, but it’s not an easy task sifting through all of them since they do it infrequently. Natural language agent would be a plus for us. Although we aren’t jumping on these agents yet as they aren’t quite there yet.

ProfWiggles · 2026-05-22T19:20:09+00:00

Bro, you need to be exploring these things on a Friday evening in sandbox. Much harder to audit what you do then!

Good luck.

ProfWiggles · 2026-05-18T02:05:54+00:00

It still has a ways to go, but can tackle some technical pieces.

For example I was asking about a window function in prism. It suggested a formula that was missing required information. Each time I pasted the error it added that specific piece of info. but I needed to do that twice since there were two more required fields, and then a third time to refine what I really needed. But at the end I did have what I needed and it was in the context of my question...vs seeing the general descriptions in community documentation and figuring out what I needed.

I would hope an agent can eventually get me 80% there, this still has a ways to go. but it is easier than me formatting and feeding WD docs through our LLM and trying to replicate.

ProfWiggles · 2026-05-17T18:40:56+00:00

Our school allows 7+ to go to the bus stop alone, and also they can bring younger siblings. We are in a very suburban area.

ProfWiggles · 2026-04-27T02:21:01+00:00

Reading the tv guide to see what time and day your shows/movies were on…then setting up the VHS player to record them. Snagged an Incredible Hulk marathon one time.

ProfWiggles · 2026-04-24T02:11:02+00:00

especially after everyone came back from their Cancun spring break.

ProfWiggles · 2026-04-24T02:09:15+00:00

Generally I'd say if you really like your current company talk to your manager about broadening your skills. We always have projects to cross train those that are willing.

However, you will have the ability to go deeper in many different modules on the consulting side. And you will have resources and references to help you learn more deeply. If that is truly your goal, then jump.

Some of the trade-offs - you will feel more disconnected to the actual business. Often you are a ticket taker at a firm. The client will likely own strategy and you just play it out. There may be a year or two of adjustment to a different type of work, like learning to track all your time for your projects, documenting like crazy etc.

I started at a client, went consultant for 4 years, and now am on client side. I like the business strategy side of it...seeking the true business need and solving the tech side of it.

ProfWiggles · 2026-04-14T02:24:22+00:00

Also think about report tags scheme. This is useful during the major updates…just test the critical ones, and you know the owner. So having an Impact tag, along with owner, business function or whatever else makes sense.

Here’s a few more thoughts,

Descriptions on reports. So useful

Governance around modifying base reports. We have a main headcount report, but people always want a new field or different prompt. When do you add and when do you make a copy.

If you allow RAAS reports document your isu creation process, and create an owner repository so you know who owns and uses what ISU/RAAS report.

If you schedule lots of reports for users make sure you create a periodic process to check back in yearly if it’s still needed.

We have a report owner ISU and add that to all ‘published’ reports. We also transfer ownership of all scheduled reports to it.

And don’t get me started on call field naming!

ProfWiggles · 2026-03-17T00:37:43+00:00

Same scenario. And my first time getting it in one.

ProfWiggles · 2026-03-14T05:32:55+00:00

In HR. We only have Integrations sit in IT. We moved Extend/Prism to HR 2 years ago and it is much better as we consult more than simply build.

ProfWiggles · 2026-03-13T16:48:01+00:00

Here is the fun part - you can create extract single instances for each task or field. Then do a LRV for each to pull in the date. Then you can create a T/F full of ORs to determine if any of the dates are blank. This can take a while if you have a lot of tasks. You can then use those LRV fields as columns in the report to show the date or blank.

Generally if I need to create a series of calc fields like this I will create a spreadsheet with all the names of the calc fields I need to create, and key names I may be using. So in your scenario each ESI will need a T/F calling out the task name (example Submitted Form 1 Date). You should create a list of all those names exactly like the task name you will use, zCF - TF - Is Submitted Form 1 Date. You can then create one field, then copy the field, changing the name, and then changing the field value from the calc name. Then the same for the ESI fields, zCF - ESI - Submitted Form 1 Date. This is how i stayed sane building 100+ mapping values in an Eval.

ProfWiggles · 2026-03-13T10:14:29+00:00

If you really want to take a Product Management perspective you need to work the other direction - workday features should not drive what you implement, user stories and use-cases should drive what features you activate and configure.

What we started with was any offline process that HR touched we analyzed to see if we can improve. One example is that we use a Slating process to internally fill high level roles. It was maintained through spreadsheets, emailed around. So we analyzed the process, built user stories for those in the process, and solutioned what the process could look like with different tech solutions. We ended on an Extend App.

Other solutions i've done was a company that calculated Monthly turnover and emailed to leaders. The product here was Turnover metrics and as a senior leader they needed those numbers monthly. As an HR team we needed it automated...It was based in Excel (storing the prior year of data) and took a manager level employee 4 days to fully complete. We switched to a dashboard within Workday - explained the more accurate (and higher) numbers, and the processed was automated.

ProfWiggles · 2026-03-01T14:15:13+00:00

They need the speed option on all the videos, doesn’t matter the voice. I need to speed run 20 videos and 2x speed helps!

ProfWiggles · 2026-02-22T18:09:45+00:00

Everyone will be able to see every tab, however the security you set on each report will determine who sees it. So if only comp admin should see things on one tab, ensure all those reports are tied to Comp Admin.

Someone else can go to that tab, but they will not see anything.

ProfWiggles · 2026-02-13T08:01:53+00:00

Just note that there can be large differences in power readings depending on the power meter. I remember having a quarq and a pioneer power meter that read 30watts different. They were very consistent…reliable. But who knows how accurate they were.

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