Workday Business Processes

Workday Business Processes is the workflow engine at the centre of Workday HCM and Financial Management: every hire, job change, expense report, requisition and payment runs as a business process event routed through configured approval, to-do and questionnaire steps. Workday exposes it as a first-party REST service, businessProcess v1, which reads business process types, events and event steps and performs the real actions on them — approve, deny, send back, reassign, cancel and rescind — alongside a Custom Business Process Config v1 service for authoring custom process types and event task definitions, business-process operations inside the Integrations SOAP service, and business process query fields in the Workday Graph API.

Workday Business Processes publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Approvals API, Business Process Definitions API, Inbox Items API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Business Processes, Workflows, Approvals, Human Resources, and Enterprise.

The Workday Business Processes catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Workday Business Processes’ developer surface includes developer portal, documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, and 36 more developer resources.

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59.4/100 strong ▬ flat Agent 33/100 agent ready saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

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scored 2026-09-25 · rubric v0.23.0

Composite quality — 59.4/100 · strong

Contract Quality 7.1 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 10.8 / 15

Access Clarity 8.7 / 15

Operational Transparency 6.7 / 10

Contract Governance 4.1 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 5.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 33/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 6 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Workday Business Processes Approvals API

Manage approval steps and approval chains

Workday Business Processes Business Process Definitions API

Retrieve and manage business process type definitions

Workday Business Processes Inbox Items API

Manage user inbox items requiring action

Workday Business Processes Process Instances API

Manage running business process instances

Workday Custom Business Process Config API

Create, read, update and delete custom business process types and their event task definitions.

Workday Integrations SOAP Service (business process operations)

The Workday Web Services Integrations service, v47.0. Carries the eight SOAP business process operations — Approve, Cancel, Deny, Rescind and Send Back a business process, Reass...

Postman Collections 4

Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.

Workday Business Process Approvals API

POSTMAN

Workday Business Process Approvals Business Process Definitions API

POSTMAN

Workday Business Process Approvals Inbox Items API

POSTMAN

Workday Business Process Approvals Process Instances API

POSTMAN

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Workday Business Process Approvals API

OPEN COLLECTION

Workday Business Process Approvals Business Process Definitions API

OPEN COLLECTION

Workday Business Process Approvals Inbox Items API

OPEN COLLECTION

Workday Business Process Approvals Process Instances API

OPEN COLLECTION

Workday Business Process API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Workday Business Processes Plans Pricing

0 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Workday Business Processes Rate Limits

7 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Workday Business Processes Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Workday Business Processes Context

31 classes · 11 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Workday Business Processes API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Workday Business Processes API Rules

44 rules · 8 errors 27 warnings 9 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 7

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Approval Request

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Business Process Definition

6 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Denial Request

2 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Inbox Item

10 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Initiate Process Request

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Process Instance

11 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Process Step

8 properties

JSON SCHEMA

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JSON Structure 7

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Workday Business Processes Approval Request Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Workday Business Processes Business Process Definition Structure

6 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Workday Business Processes Denial Request Structure

2 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Workday Business Processes Inbox Item Structure

10 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Workday Business Processes Initiate Process Request Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Workday Business Processes Process Instance Structure

11 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Workday Business Processes Process Step Structure

8 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

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Examples 7

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Workday Business Processes Approval Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Workday Business Processes Business Process Definition Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Workday Business Processes Denial Request Example

2 fields

EXAMPLE

Workday Business Processes Inbox Item Example

8 fields

EXAMPLE

Workday Business Processes Initiate Process Request Example

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Workday Business Processes Process Instance Example

9 fields

EXAMPLE

Workday Business Processes Process Step Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

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Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Workday Business Processes Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Workday Business Processes Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Workday Business Processes Trust Center

SOC 1, SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 22301, CSA STAR, FedRAMP, IRAP, HITRUST, HIPAA, GDPR, C5

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Workday Business Processes Scopes

2 scopes · implicit

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Workday Business Processes Agentic Access

32 operations · 15 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 5

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

Portal

GettingStarted

SignUp

Sandbox

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 3

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgentSkill

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

LLMsTxt

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 9

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Lifecycle

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Conformance

DataModel

Components

JSONLD

SpectralRules

Vocabulary

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Build 6

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

PostmanWorkspace

Packages

SDKs

CLI

ToolCrosswalk

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Compliance

TrustCenter

DomainSecurity

Authentication

OAuthScopes

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

HelpCenter

StatusPage

ChangeLog

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Plans

Plans

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

WSDL

WSDL

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: workday-business-processes
name: Workday Business Processes
description: 'Workday Business Processes is the workflow engine at the centre of Workday HCM and Financial Management: every
  hire, job change, expense report, requisition and payment runs as a business process event routed through configured approval,
  to-do and questionnaire steps. Workday exposes it as a first-party REST service, businessProcess v1, which reads business
  process types, events and event steps and performs the real actions on them — approve, deny, send back, reassign, cancel
  and rescind — alongside a Custom Business Process Config v1 service for authoring custom process types and event task definitions,
  business-process operations inside the Integrations SOAP service, and business process query fields in the Workday Graph
  API.'
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/workday-business-processes.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/workday-business-processes/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-09-17'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: workday-business-processes:workday-business-processes-approvals-api
  name: Workday Business Processes Approvals API
  description: Manage approval steps and approval chains
  humanURL: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md
  baseURL: https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1
  tags:
  - Approvals
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (provider-hosted, Workday REST directory)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_20260905_oas3.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-94cb4185-fabd-4dd5-b391-6aefe9672e32-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: APIReference
    name: Workday REST Services Directory
    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: RateLimits
    name: Integrations, EIB, and Web Service Limits
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/dan1370797408285.md
  - type: ChangeLog
    name: businessProcess v1 change log (machine-readable)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_changeLog.json
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.workday.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-instance-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-step-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-approval-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-denial-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-instance-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-step-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-approval-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-denial-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/workday-business-processes-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/workday-business-processes-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/workday-business-processes-vocabulary.yml
- aid: workday-business-processes:workday-business-processes-business-process-definitions-api
  name: Workday Business Processes Business Process Definitions API
  description: Retrieve and manage business process type definitions
  humanURL: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md
  baseURL: https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1
  tags:
  - Business Process Definitions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (provider-hosted, Workday REST directory)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_20260905_oas3.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: APIReference
    name: Workday REST Services Directory
    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: RateLimits
    name: Integrations, EIB, and Web Service Limits
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/dan1370797408285.md
  - type: ChangeLog
    name: businessProcess v1 change log (machine-readable)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_changeLog.json
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.workday.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-instance-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-step-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-approval-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-denial-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-instance-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-step-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-approval-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-denial-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/workday-business-processes-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/workday-business-processes-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/workday-business-processes-vocabulary.yml
- aid: workday-business-processes:workday-business-processes-inbox-items-api
  name: Workday Business Processes Inbox Items API
  description: Manage user inbox items requiring action
  humanURL: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md
  baseURL: https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1
  tags:
  - Inbox Items
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (provider-hosted, Workday REST directory)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_20260905_oas3.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-94cb4185-fabd-4dd5-b391-6aefe9672e32-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: APIReference
    name: Workday REST Services Directory
    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: RateLimits
    name: Integrations, EIB, and Web Service Limits
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/dan1370797408285.md
  - type: ChangeLog
    name: businessProcess v1 change log (machine-readable)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_changeLog.json
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.workday.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-instance-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-step-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-approval-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-denial-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-instance-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-step-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-approval-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-denial-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/workday-business-processes-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/workday-business-processes-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/workday-business-processes-vocabulary.yml
- aid: workday-business-processes:workday-business-processes-process-instances-api
  name: Workday Business Processes Process Instances API
  description: Manage running business process instances
  humanURL: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md
  baseURL: https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1
  tags:
  - Process Instances
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (provider-hosted, Workday REST directory)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_20260905_oas3.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-0df5cd55-e578-43d3-b58f-ae98825d1df0-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: APIReference
    name: Workday REST Services Directory
    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: RateLimits
    name: Integrations, EIB, and Web Service Limits
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/dan1370797408285.md
  - type: ChangeLog
    name: businessProcess v1 change log (machine-readable)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/businessProcess_v1_changeLog.json
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.workday.com
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-instance-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-process-step-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-approval-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/workday-business-processes-denial-request-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-business-process-definition-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-instance-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-initiate-process-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-process-step-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-inbox-item-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-approval-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/workday-business-processes-denial-request-structure.json
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/workday-business-processes-context.jsonld
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/workday-business-processes-spectral-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/workday-business-processes-vocabulary.yml
- aid: workday-business-processes:workday-business-processes-custom-business-process-config-api
  name: Workday Custom Business Process Config API
  description: Create, read, update and delete custom business process types and their event task definitions.
  humanURL: https://developer.workday.com/doc/ifu1517426622016.md
  baseURL: https://api.workday.com/customBusinessProcessConfig/v1
  tags:
  - Custom Business Processes
  - Configuration
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/workday-business-processes-custom-business-process-config-openapi.yml
  - type: OpenAPI
    name: OpenAPI (provider-hosted, Workday REST directory)
    url: https://developer.workday.com/bundles/rest-directory-ui/public/static/openApiFiles/customBusinessProcessConfig_v1_swagger.json
  - type: Documentation
    name: Use the REST API to Create Custom Business Process Types
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/jws1518455553089.md
  - type: APIReference
    name: Workday REST Services Directory
    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/workday-business-processes-scopes.yml
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.workday.com
- aid: workday-business-processes:workday-business-processes-integrations-soap-service
  name: Workday Integrations SOAP Service (business process operations)
  description: The Workday Web Services Integrations service, v47.0. Carries the eight SOAP business process operations —
    Approve, Cancel, Deny, Rescind and Send Back a business process, Reassign a business process step, and Get/Put business
    process delegations, which have no REST equivalent.
  humanURL: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/productionapi/Integrations/v47.0/Integrations.html
  baseURL: https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/service
  tags:
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  - Integration
  - Delegation
  - Business Processes
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  - Business Processes
  properties:
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    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/productionapi/Integrations/v47.0/Integrations.wsdl
  - type: Documentation
    name: Workday SOAP APIs
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-43742c5c-4caf-436f-bdd5-94330d32288c-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: APIReference
    name: Workday Web Services Production API Directory
    url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/productionapi/index.html
  - type: Authentication
    name: SOAP API Authentication and Security
    url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-4c354bdb-06cd-461d-a632-ea8303beaedb-enHYPHENus.md
  - type: Support
    url: https://community.workday.com
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- type: DeveloperPortal
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- type: Documentation
  name: Business Process REST APIs
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-e31b535f-7722-4f61-9795-a27ef9d78a86-enHYPHENus.md
- type: APIReference
  name: Workday REST Services Directory
  url: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html
- type: GettingStarted
  name: Create Your API Client
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/zwx1518028675482.md
- type: Support
  url: https://community.workday.com
- type: HelpCenter
  name: Workday Developer Forum
  url: https://forum.developer.workday.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://blog.workday.com/en-us/homepage.html
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Workday
- type: SignUp
  name: Workday Developer Site sign in / registration
  url: https://developer.workday.com/login
- type: PostmanWorkspace
  url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/workday-business-processes/overview
- type: TermsOfService
  name: Workday Site Terms
  url: https://www.workday.com/en-us/legal/site-terms.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.workday.com/en-us/privacy.html
- type: Compliance
  name: Workday compliance certifications
  url: https://www.workday.com/en-us/why-workday/trust/compliance.html
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/workday-business-processes-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/workday-business-processes-domain-security.yml
- type: StatusPage
  name: Workday service status (customer sign-in required)
  url: https://status.workday.com
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/workday-business-processes-changelog.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/workday-business-processes-lifecycle.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/workday-business-processes-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/workday-business-processes-scopes.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/workday-business-processes-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/workday-business-processes-problem-types.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/workday-business-processes-conformance.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/workday-business-processes-data-model.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/workday-business-processes-rate-limits.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/workday-business-processes-plans-pricing.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/workday-business-processes-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/workday-business-processes-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/workday-business-processes-cli.yml
- type: Components
  url: components/workday-business-processes-components.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/workday-business-processes-sandbox.yml
- type: AgentSkill
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- type: ToolCrosswalk
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- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/workday-business-processes-agentic-access.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/workday-business-processes-llms.txt
- type: WSDL
  url: wsdl/workday-business-processes-integrations-v47.0.wsdl
- type: Overlay
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  url: overlays/workday-business-processes-business-process-overlay.yaml
- type: Overlay
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- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/workday-business-processes-context.jsonld
- type: SpectralRules
  url: rules/workday-business-processes-spectral-rules.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/workday-business-processes-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
tags:
- Business Processes
- Workflows
- Approvals
- Human Resources
- Enterprise
- Software-as-a-Service
- HCM
- Financial Management
- Process Automation
- Event Steps
- SOAP
- GraphQL
tags_raw:
- Business Processes
- Workflow
- Approvals
- Human Resources
- Enterprise
- SaaS
- HCM
- Financial Management
- Process Automation
- Event Steps
- SOAP
- GraphQL
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-09-17'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 26
  pass: local-v3

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