Workday Business Processes

Workday Business Processes Approvals API

Manage approval steps and approval chains

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 21

GET /types Retrieves all business process types.

GET /types/{ID} Retrieves a business process type.

GET /types/{ID}/attachmentCategories Retrieves attachment categories for a business process type.

GET /eventSteps Retrieves business process event steps.

POST /eventSteps/{ID}/questionnaire Post an action for a Complete Questionnaire step in a business process.

POST /eventSteps/{ID}/reassign Reassigns the specified business process event step.

POST /eventSteps/{ID}/deny Denies a business process event step.

GET /eventSteps/{ID} Retrieves a business process event step.

POST /eventSteps/{ID}/toDo Post an action for a To Do step in a business process.

POST /eventSteps/{ID}/approve Approves a business process event step.

POST /eventSteps/{ID}/sendBack Sends back a business process event step.

GET /events Retrieves business process events.

GET /events/{ID}/remainingSteps Retrieves remaining steps for a business process event.

POST /events/{ID}/rescind Rescinds a business process event.

GET /events/{ID}/comments Retrieves comments for a business process event.

GET /events/{ID} Retrieves a business process event.

GET /events/{ID}/inProgressSteps Retrieves in progress steps for a business process event.

POST /events/{ID}/cancel Cancels a business process event.

GET /events/{ID}/attachments Retrieves attachments for a business process event.

GET /events/{ID}/completedSteps Retrieves completed steps for a business process event.

GET /values/sendBack/to/

Documentation

https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-94cb4185-fabd-4dd5-b391-6aefe9672e32-enHYPHENus.md

https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html

https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md

https://developer.workday.com/doc/dan1370797408285.md

Specifications

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml

https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_20260905_oas3.json

Schemas & Data

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-instance-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-step-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-approval-request-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-schema/workday-business-processes-denial-request-schema.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-structure.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-instance-structure.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-structure.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-step-structure.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-structure.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-approval-request-structure.json

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-structure/workday-business-processes-denial-request-structure.json

Other Resources

https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_changeLog.json

https://community.workday.com

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/json-ld/workday-business-processes-context.jsonld

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/rules/workday-business-processes-spectral-rules.yml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/workday-business-processes-vocabulary.yml

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: businessProcess
  description: The public APIs to access event actions and details
  version: v1
  x-workday-internal-source: xo
  x-workday-internal-routing: Public
  x-workday-internal-protected-usage-enabled: false
  x-workday-internal-service-container-id: b6729d1b232d10000cd0f346f6b90004
  x-api-evangelist-harvested: '2026-09-17'
  x-api-evangelist-source: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_20260905_oas3.json
servers:
- url: https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1
  description: Workday tenant REST API host (API Gateway)
  variables:
    tenantHostname:
      default: wd2-impl-services1.workday.com
      description: Your Workday tenant API hostname, e.g. wd2-impl-services1.workday.com
tags:
- name: eventSteps
  description: Returns a collection of business process event steps based on the specified parameters. Only event steps that
    are awaiting action from the processing person are returned.
  x-workday-confidence-level: Production
- name: events
  description: "Returns a collection of events based on the specified parameters. You must specify either the worker or initiating\
    \ worker query parameter. If you did not specify the worker nor the initiating worker parameter, this method returns an\
    \ empty response. \n\nThis operation returns the most recent results first. The results are sorted in descending order\
    \ of the creation date of the event.\n\nSecured by the Business Process Security Policy for each event."
  x-workday-confidence-level: Production
- name: types
  description: Returns all business process types. Secured by Public Business Processes.


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