Workday Workday-Pro-HCM-Reporting - Workday Pro HCM Reporting Certification Exam Certification Exam
Question #1 (Topic: Demo Questions)
The Recruiting department requested a report that shows job applications by recruiting source,
displayed through count and percent summaries that they can drill into to further analyze the data.
What report type fulfills these requirements?
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
Workday offersseveral custom reporttypes: Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Search, and Trending .
Workday offersseveral custom reporttypes: Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Search, and Trending .
Advanced Reports: Allow sorting, filtering, grouping, totals, and charts but are not designed for
percentage summarizations across grouped data.
Search Reports: Show search results based on facet filters, notsuited for summarization and
percentages.
nBox Reports: Used for displaying workers or positions across two dimensions (e.g., performance vs.
potential).
Matrix Reports: Specifically designed for grouping data, applying summarizations (count, sum,
percent), and drilling
Question #2 (Topic: Demo Questions)
A user needs to view additional data on the delivered Headcount By Job Profile report.
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Workday delivers many standard (delivered) reportsthat are available to all customers. These reports
Workday delivers many standard (delivered) reportsthat are available to all customers. These reports
are a great starting point but are not editable directly. If the delivered report does not meet your
requirements, you should copy it and then modify the copy to create a custom report. This ensures
that you retain the delivered report as-is, while still tailoring the report output to your business
needs.
From the Workday Module 1 and 2 Reporting sections:
“Workday deliversstandard reportsthat are available for all customers. If necessary, you can copy
many of the Workday-delivered reports to create a custom report and modify it as needed.”
“There still may not be a report that meets my specific needs though. In that case, I can either create
a report from scratch or copy a delivered report and make changes.”
“Standard reports are already available in all customer tenants and span acrossthe functional areas
in Workday. Workday creates standard reports using either the report writer tool or XpressO.
However, you can copy and modify reports created with report writer as needed.”
Therefore, the correct recommendation is to copy and modify the delivered Headcount By Job Profile report (Option D) instead of editing the original.
Question #3 (Topic: Demo Questions)
You need to create a new supervisory organization and it needs to inherit attributes from an existing supervisory organization. What task do you use?
Correct Answer: D
Explanation:
Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation (Paraphrased from Workday Pro HCM Core – Organizations Setup and Management Guide 2023R2):
Comprehensive and Detailed Explanation (Paraphrased from Workday Pro HCM Core – Organizations Setup and Management Guide 2023R2):
When creating a new supervisory organization that should inherit attributes such as staffing model, company, and cost center from an existing organization, you use the Create Subordinate task.
This task creates the new subordinate organization directly under a superior supervisory organization. It automatically copies inherited settings such as visibility, organization assignments, and staffing model, ensuring hierarchical alignment and simplifying setup.
Option B ( Create Supervisory Organization ) creates a brand-new top-level supervisory org without inheritance.
Option A ( Assign Roles ) only assigns role-based permissions after creation.
Option C ( Assign Included Organizations ) is used for related org relationships, not for hierarchical creation.
Thus, Create Subordinate is the correct task when the new org must inherit settings from a superior one.
Reference (Paraphrased Source):
Workday Pro HCM Core – Organizations Configuration Guide (2023R2), Section: “Creating Subordinate Supervisory Organizations and Inherited Attributes.”
Question #4 (Topic: Demo Questions)
You created a new one-time payment plan and enabled employees to request payments for themselves. During testing, you notice that an existing custom validation for the Request One-Time Payment business process also applies to the Request One-Time Payment for Self process.
How can you ensure these validations do not run for employees requesting one-time payments for themselves?
Correct Answer: C
Explanation:
In Workday, custom validations are evaluated based on business process context , including the event type that triggered the process. The Request One-Time Payment and Request One-Time Payment for Self are separate event types, even though they share similar functionality.
In Workday, custom validations are evaluated based on business process context , including the event type that triggered the process. The Request One-Time Payment and Request One-Time Payment for Self are separate event types, even though they share similar functionality.
To prevent existing validations from running for employee self-service requests, administrators must explicitly exclude the self-service event type within the validation logic. This is done using the Maintain Custom Validations task, where conditions can be added to evaluate the One-Time Payment Event for Self field.
Security changes are not appropriate because the requirement is to allow the process but exclude validations. Optional field configuration does not control validation execution. Creating additional validations does not stop existing ones from firing.
By excluding the One-Time Payment Event for Self event type within the validation, Workday ensures validations continue to apply to administrator-initiated requests but not to employee self-service requests.
Therefore, option C is the correct and Workday-supported solution.
Question #5 (Topic: Demo Questions)
There are multiple organization-specific Termination business process definitions.
What report shows you which definition applies to each supervisory organization?
Correct Answer: B
Explanation:
In Workday HCM, it is common to configure organization-specific business process definitions , especially for high-impact processes such as Termination , where approval steps and routing may vary by supervisory organization. When multiple definitions exist for the same business process, administrators need a reliable way to determine which definition applies to which supervisory organization .