How to connect to Workday Data from IntelliJ



Integrate connectivity to Workday data with wizards in IntelliJ.

The CData JDBC Driver for Workday enables you to access Workday as a JDBC data source, providing integration with rapid development tools in IDEs. This article shows how to use the data source configuration wizard to connect to Workday data in IntelliJ.

About Workday Data Integration

CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from Workday. Customers use CData connectivity to:

  • Access the tables and datasets you create in Prism Analytics Data Catalog, working with the native Workday data hub without compromising the fidelity of your Workday system.
  • Access Workday Reports-as-a-Service to surface data from departmental datasets not available from Prism and datasets larger than Prism allows.
  • Access base data objects with WQL, REST, or SOAP, getting more granular, detailed access but with the potential need for Workday admins or IT to help craft queries.

Users frequently integrate Workday with analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and leverage our tools to replicate Workday data to databases or data warehouses. Access is secured at the user level, based on the authenticated user's identity and role.

For more information on configuring Workday to work with CData, refer to our Knowledge Base articles: Comprehensive Workday Connectivity through Workday WQL and Reports-as-a-Service & Workday + CData: Connection & Integration Best Practices.


Getting Started


Create a JBDC Data Source for Workday

Follow the steps below to add the driver JAR and define connection properties required to connect to Workday data.

  1. In the Data Sources window, right-click and then click Add Data Source -> DB Data Source.
  2. In the Data Source Properties dialog that appears, the following properties are required:

    • JDBC Driver Files: Click the button next to this menu to add the JDBC Driver file cdata.jdbc.workday.jar, located in the installation directory.
    • JDBC Driver Class: In this menu, select cdata.jdbc.workday.WorkdayDriver from the list.
    • Database URL: Enter the connection URL in the JDBC URL property. The URL must start with jdbc:workday: and includes connection properties separated with semicolons.

      To connect to Workday, users need to find the Tenant and BaseURL and then select their API type.

      Obtaining the BaseURL and Tenant

      To obtain the BaseURL and Tenant properties, log into Workday and search for "View API Clients." On this screen, you'll find the Workday REST API Endpoint, a URL that includes both the BaseURL and Tenant.

      The format of the REST API Endpoint is: https://domain.com/subdirectories/mycompany, where:

      • https://domain.com/subdirectories/ is the BaseURL.
      • mycompany (the portion of the url after the very last slash) is the Tenant.
      For example, in the REST API endpoint https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/v1/mycompany, the BaseURL is https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com and the Tenant is mycompany.

      Using ConnectionType to Select the API

      The value you use for the ConnectionType property determines which Workday API you use. See our Community Article for more information on Workday connectivity options and best practices.

      APIConnectionType Value
      WQLWQL
      Reports as a ServiceReports
      RESTREST
      SOAPSOAP

      Authentication

      Your method of authentication depends on which API you are using.

      • WQL, Reports as a Service, REST: Use OAuth authentication.
      • SOAP: Use Basic or OAuth authentication.

      See the Help documentation for more information on configuring OAuth with Workday.

      Built-in Connection String Designer

      For assistance in constructing the JDBC URL, use the connection string designer built into the Workday JDBC Driver. Either double-click the JAR file or execute the jar file from the command-line.

      java -jar cdata.jdbc.workday.jar

      Fill in the connection properties and copy the connection string to the clipboard.

      A typical JDBC URL is the following:

      jdbc:workday:User=myuser;Password=mypassword;Tenant=mycompany_gm1;BaseURL=https://wd3-impl-services1.workday.com;ConnectionType=WQL;InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH

Edit and Save Workday Data

To discover schema information, right-click the data source you just created and click Refresh Tables. To query a table, right-click it and then click Open Tables Editor. You can also modify records in the Table Editor.

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