Access Live Workday Data in Google Sheets

Google Sheets is a from, web-based spreadsheet program. When paired with CData Connect Cloud, you can instantly access Workday data from within Google Sheets for data analysis, collaborations, calculations, and more. This article shows how to connect to Workday in your Connect Cloud instance and access live Workday data in Google Sheets.

CData Connect Cloud provides a pure cloud-to-cloud interface for Workday, allowing you to easily access live Workday data in Google Sheets. Simply use the partner Connect Cloud Add-On to generate a query (or write your own). Using optimized data processing out of the box, CData Connect Cloud pushes all supported query operations (filters, JOINs, etc) directly to Workday, leveraging server-side processing to quickly return Workday data.

Connect to Workday in Connect Cloud

CData Connect Cloud uses a straightforward, point-and-click interface to connect to data sources.

1. Log into Connect Cloud, click Connections and click Add Connection
2. Select "Workday" from the Add Connection panel
3. Enter the necessary authentication properties to connect to Workday.

   To connect, there are three pieces of information required: Authentication, API URL, and WSDL URL.

   Authentication

   To authenticate, specify your User and Password. Note that you must append your Tenant to your User separated by an '@' character. For instance, if you normally log in with 'geraldg' and your Tenant is 'mycompany_mc1', then your User should be specified as 'geraldg@mycompany_mc1'.

   API URL

   The API URL may be specified either directly via APIURL, or it may be constructed from the Tenant, Service, and Host. The APIURL is constructed in the following format: <Host>/ccx/service/<Tenant>/<Service>.

   WSDL URL

   The WSDLURL may be specified in its entirety, or may be constructed from the Service and WSDLVersion connection properties. The WSDLURL is constructed in the following format: https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/productionapi/<Service>/<WSDLVersion>/<Service>.wsdl

4. Click Create & Test
5. Navigate to the Permissions tab in the Add Workday Connection page and update the User-based permissions.

With the connection configured, you are ready to connect to Workday data from Google Sheets.

Access Live Workday Data in Google Sheets

The steps below outline connecting to CData Connect Cloud from Google Sheets to access live Workday data.

1. Log into Google Sheets, create a new sheet (or open an existing one).
2. Click Add-ons and click Get Add-ons (if you have already installed the Add-on, jump to step 5).
3. Search for CData Connect Cloud Add-On and install the Add-on.
4. Authorize the Add-On.
5. Back in Google Sheets, click Add-ons and open the CData Connect Cloud Add-On.
6. In the Add-On panel, click Authorize to authenticate with your CData Connect Cloud instance
7. In the CData Connect Cloud panel in Google Sheets, click Import
8. Choose a Connection (e.g. Workday1), Table (e.g. Workers, and Columns to import
9. Optionally add Filters, Sorting, and a Limit
10. Click Execute to import the data

Live Access to Workday Data from Cloud Applications

New, you have a direct, cloud-to-cloud connection to live Workday data from your Google Sheets workbook. You can add more data to your workbook for calculations, aggregations, collaboration, and more.

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