Workday Business Processes

Workday Business Processes Event Steps API

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.

Documentation GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 8

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 #

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

https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md

https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-0df5cd55-e578-43d3-b58f-ae98825d1df0-enHYPHENus.md

https://developer.workday.com/doc/jws1518455553089.md

Specifications

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

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/scopes/workday-business-processes-scopes.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: businessProcess Event Steps API
  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:


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