Workday Business Processes · Authentication Profile

Workday Business Processes Authentication

Authentication

Workday Business Processes secures its APIs with oauth2 across 1 declared security scheme, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions. OAuth 2.0 is offered via the implicit flow(s).

Business ProcessesWorkflowsApprovalsHuman ResourcesEnterpriseSoftware-as-a-ServiceHCMFinancial ManagementProcess AutomationEvent StepsSOAPGraphQL

Methods: oauth2 Schemes: 1 OAuth flows: implicit API key in:

Security Schemes

OAuth2 oauth2

· flows: implicit

Source

Authentication Profile

generated: '2026-09-17'
method: searched
source: openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml, openapi/workday-business-processes-custom-business-process-config-openapi.yml
summary:
  types:
  - oauth2
  oauth2_flows:
  - implicit
  documented_flows:
  - authorizationCode
  - clientCredentials
  - refreshToken
  gateway: Workday Cloud Platform API Gateway — every REST call authenticates and routes through it
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  type: oauth2
  flows:
  - flow: implicit
    authorizationUrl: https://{tenantAuthorizationHostname}/authorize
    scopes: 0
  sources:
  - openapi/workday-business-processes-business-process-openapi.yml
  - openapi/workday-business-processes-custom-business-process-config-openapi.yml
docs: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-6c598444-ce67-40d5-bd95-267ecfe439b8-enHYPHENus.md
docs_additional:
- title: Create Your API Client
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/zwx1518028675482.md
- title: 'Reference: OAuth2 Authorization Code'
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/jzx1537909761291.md
- title: 'Reference: OAuth2 Client Credentials'
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/axp1537909839739.md
- title: Request a New Access Token with a Refresh Token
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/cqa1553122177664.md
- title: SOAP API Authentication and Security
  url: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-4c354bdb-06cd-461d-a632-ea8303beaedb-enHYPHENus.md
notes: The published specs declare only an implicit flow, which is NOT what Workday tells integrators to use. The docs document
  Authorization Code and Client Credentials as the supported flows for a registered API client, plus refresh-token renewal. Registration
  is per tenant in the Developer Site Console and a client must be separately allowlisted onto each non-development tenant by a
  Company Administrator. The SOAP side (wsdl/) authenticates differently again — WS-Security UsernameToken or X.509, with an Integration
  System User, not OAuth. There is no OIDC discovery document and no RFC 8414 metadata on any Workday host (84 well-known probes
  on 2026-09-17, all 404), so a client cannot discover the endpoints programmatically; they are tenant-specific and read from the
  docs or the Console.
soap_auth:
  mechanisms:
  - WS-Security UsernameToken
  - X.509 certificate
  principal: Integration System User (ISU)
  docs: https://developer.workday.com/doc/GUID-4c354bdb-06cd-461d-a632-ea8303beaedb-enHYPHENus.md

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