Workday to On-Prem Active Directory: Extend the Workday schema

Question

I'm working on project to provision accounts to a Local Active Directory using Workday Worker data.
I need to read more attributes than the standard ones configured in the Workday to Active Directory User Provisioning application, so I decided to extend the Workday schema to read them.
I had no problem to add some attributes using the "Edit Attribute List for Workday", when I tried to read the Worker.Worker_Data.Employee_Contracts_Data[0].Contract_End_Date with the XPATH=wd:Worker/wd:Worker_Data/wd:Employee_Contracts_Data[@wd:Contract_End_DateSpecified=1]/wd:Contract_End_Date/text() I got no data.
I tried to read the attribute using a C# app with the same user and it worked fine.

Is the XPATH I used correct? Or what Should I have to do to extend the schema?

Thanks,
Carlo

Answer 1

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query.

Kindly follow the steps provided below to resolve your issue.

A common requirement of all the Workday provisioning connectors is that they require credentials of a Workday integration system user to connect to the Workday Human Resources API. This section describes how to create an integration system user in Workday and has the following sections:

Creating an integration system user
Creating an integration security group
Configuring domain security policy permissions
Configuring business process security policy permissions
Activating security policy changes
Note

It is possible to bypass this procedure and instead use a Workday global administrator account as the system integration account. This may work fine for demos but is not recommended for production deployments.

Go to this link for your reference https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/saas-apps/workday-inbound-tutorial

Do not hesitate to message us if you need further assistance.

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Answer 2

@Carlo ARENACCIO The Workday connector does not retrieve data from the Employee_Contracts_Data entity.

Try using this XPATH instead.
wd:Worker/wd:Worker_Data/wd:Employment_Data/wd:Worker_Contract_Data/wd:Contract_End_Date/text()