# Workday

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/workday/  
**APIs profiled:** 50

Collection of Workday REST and SOAP APIs for human capital management, financial management, enterprise planning, analytics, and platform extensibility.

## Kin Score — 58.6 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 58.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 77.8 |
| Contract Quality | 80.6 |
| Governance | 41.7 |
| Contract Governance | 41.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 39.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 47.6 |
| Commercial Clarity | 55.3 |
| Access Clarity | 55.3 |

## Agent readiness — 41.9 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | yes |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Enterprise · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: enterprise, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (50)

- **Workday Strategic Sourcing API** — Strategic Sourcing API for managing sourcing events, awards, contracts, suppliers, spend categories, and procurement workflows.
- **Workday SOAP Web Services API** — Standards-based SOAP API providing programmatic access to Workday business management services with WSDL and XML Schema definitions. Covers 55 service areas including Human Reso...
- **Workday Extend API** — Workday Extend platform for building custom applications that integrate with Workday. Provides low-code and no-code developer tools for creating business solutions.
- **Workday Adaptive Planning API** — Adaptive Planning REST and XML APIs for managing planning data, accounts, dimensions, and custom reports. Supports integration with enterprise planning and budgeting workflows.
- **Workday Absence Types API** — Endpoints for managing absence types.
- **Workday Accounting API** — Endpoints for managing accounting journals.
- **Workday Benefit Elections API** — Endpoints for managing benefit elections.
- **Workday Benefit Plans API** — Endpoints for managing benefit plans.
- **Workday Candidates API** — Endpoints for managing candidates.
- **Workday Compensation Plans API** — Endpoints for managing compensation plans and grades.
- **Workday Contact Information API** — Endpoints for managing contact information.
- **Workday Data Change Tasks API** — Endpoints for managing data loading tasks.
- **Workday Data Sources API** — Endpoints for discovering available data sources and fields.
- **Workday Datasets API** — Endpoints for managing Prism Analytics datasets.
- **Workday Dependents API** — Endpoints for managing worker dependents.
- **Workday Expenses API** — Endpoints for managing expense reports.
- **Workday Feedback API** — Endpoints for managing feedback and feedback badges.
- **Workday File Containers API** — Endpoints for file upload containers.
- **Workday Goals API** — Endpoints for managing worker goals.
- **Workday Job Applications API** — Endpoints for managing job applications.
- **Workday Job Postings API** — Endpoints for managing job postings.
- **Workday Job Profiles API** — Endpoints for managing job profiles.
- **Workday Job Requisitions API** — Endpoints for managing job requisitions.
- **Workday Leave of Absence API** — Endpoints for managing leaves of absence.
- **Workday Locations API** — Endpoints for managing location data.
- **Workday Mentorships API** — Endpoints for managing mentorship relationships.
- **Workday One-Time Payments API** — Endpoints for one-time payment requests.
- **Workday Organizations API** — Endpoints for managing organizational data.
- **Workday Pay Groups API** — Endpoints for managing pay groups and pay periods.
- **Workday Pay Slips API** — Endpoints for accessing pay slips.
- **Workday Payroll Inputs API** — Endpoints for managing payroll inputs.
- **Workday People API** — Endpoints for managing person data.
- **Workday Performance Reviews API** — Endpoints for managing performance reviews.
- **Workday Positions API** — Endpoints for managing positions.
- **Workday Procurement API** — Endpoints for managing suppliers and purchase orders.
- **Workday Prospects API** — Endpoints for managing recruiting prospects.
- **Workday Query API** — Endpoints for executing WQL queries.
- **Workday Reference Data API** — Endpoints for accessing common reference data and lookup values.
- **Workday Reports API** — Endpoints for accessing custom report data via RaaS.
- **Workday Revenue API** — Endpoints for managing customer invoices.
- …and 10 more, listed in full on the page.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Workday MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Workday Agentic Access** — 104 operations · 17 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

- **Workday Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Workday Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC
- **Workday Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, GDPR

## Plans (1)

- **Workday Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (6)

- **Employee Onboarding** — Automate new hire onboarding workflows including position assignment, benefits enrollment, and system provisioning.
- **Workforce Planning** — Model headcount scenarios, track open positions, and align workforce supply with business demand.
- **Expense Management** — Streamline employee expense reporting with automated policy enforcement, approval workflows, and reimbursement.
- **Compliance Reporting** — Generate regulatory compliance reports for labor laws, tax requirements, and industry-specific mandates.
- **Performance Reviews** — Conduct structured performance evaluations with goal tracking, feedback collection, and calibration.
- **Payroll Integration** — Integrate payroll data with third-party systems for tax filing, benefits administration, and general ledger posting.

## Tags

Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Financial Management, HCM, Software-as-a-Service

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/workday/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.