Workday WQL API

Workday Query Language (WQL) API enabling SQL-like querying of Workday data through REST endpoints. Provides high-performance data access for reporting and analytics use cases, with support for pagination, filtering, sorting, and aggregation controlled via OAuth 2.0 tokens.

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name: Workday WQL API
description: Workday Query Language (WQL) API enabling SQL-like querying of Workday data through REST
  endpoints. Provides high-performance data access for reporting and analytics use cases, with support
  for pagination, filtering, sorting, and aggregation controlled via OAuth 2.0 tokens.
image: https://www.workday.com/content/dam/web/en-us/images/misc/workday-logo.svg
humanURL: https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/reporting-and-analytics/custom-reports-and-analytics/workday-query-language-wql-/aht1611188422513.html
baseURL: https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/wql/v1/{tenant}
tags:
- Analytics
- Data Access
- Query Language
- Reporting
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/reporting-and-analytics/custom-reports-and-analytics/workday-query-language-wql-/aht1611188422513.html
- type: Authentication
  url: https://doc.workday.com/admin-guide/en-us/lef1569276711011/kqh1569276711095.html