Workday Glossary of Terms

Contents
Cross-Application Services Glossary
Financial Glossary
HCM Glossary
Payroll Glossary
Time Tracking Glossary

1.Cross-Application Services Glossary

Advanced Report

You can create 3 types of custom reports: simple, advanced, and matrix. An advanced report provides
all the features of a simple report, plus more advanced ones such as accessing related business objects
and producing multiple levels of headings and subtotals. Advanced reports also enable the use of sub-
filters, run time prompts, charts, worklets, and report sharing, and provide the ability to expose the
report as a web service.

Aggregation Security Group

An aggregation security group is one whose members are other security groups. Workers associated
with any included security group are granted access through an aggregation security group.

Approve

Designated participants in a business process, with a defined responsibility in this type of event,
indicate they approve the proposed action. (The business process can proceed to the next step.)

Assignable Roles

You can assign positions to organization roles. Depending on your staffing model, a position may or
may not necessarily have a worker specified.

Business Object

Workday stores your data as business objects—organizations, workers, positions, and so on—which
can be thought of as database tables or worksheets in Excel. Just as a database table or worksheet has
columns and rows, a Workday business object has fields and instances. A business object is composed
of a set of related fields, similar to how a table or spreadsheet is composed of a set of related columns.
Instances of a business object in Workday are like rows in a table or spreadsheet, with each instance
representing a unique occurrence of that type of object such as an organization or worker. A business
object can have no instances, one instance, or many instances. Workday automatically links related
business objects together. For example, purchase order lines are linked to a purchase order header,
the purchase order header is linked to a supplier, the supplier is linked to a company, and so on.

Business Process Definition

The set of tasks that need to be completed for an event to occur, the order in which they must be
done, and who must do them. Workday includes a number of predefined business processes for
different purposes. You can edit the default definitions for your organization. You can also create
different versions of the same business process for different organizations.
Business Process Instance

A business process that the initiator has started. For example, the Hire Employee for Organization X
business process definition becomes an instance when the initiator uses it to hire a particular
applicant.

Business Process Security Policy

A business process security policy secures the initiation step, step actions and process-wide actions
including view, rescind, cancel and correct. It specifies which security groups that have access to each
action.

Cancel (business process)

Cancelling a business process stops the workflow in progress and reverses any changes made to
Workday data. It is also a securable action in a business process security policy.

Conditions

Conditions are one or more logical matches that are resolved to True or False and used to decide if
some action should be taken. For example, you can add conditions to steps in a business process to
determine if the step should run.

Contextual Custom Report

A contextual custom report is a custom report created by selecting Reporting > Create Custom Report
from Here from the related actions menu of a Workday object . It simplifies the selection of data and
fields by limiting choices to those related to the context of the object.

Correct (business process)

Correcting a business process changes a specification or data in the workflow while in progress. It is
also a securable action in a business process security policy

Custom Report

Custom reports are designed and built by customers using the Workday Report Writer. They can be
created new or as a copy of another standard or custom report.

Dashboard (landing pages)

Several dashboards are delivered with a number of worklets pre-configured that are specific to a
functional area, like Talent Management or Workforce Planning. Since these worklets are built with
the report writer and report-specific calculated fields, you can copy and modify them if you have
unique requirements. You can add additional custom worklets to these dashboards using the report
writer.

Data Source
A data source defines a particular set of business object instances for reporting purposes. A data
source is similar to a database view, except it is more flexible in two key areas. First, a database view
always returns a flattened out tabular data structure, whereas a data source can return hierarchical
data structures. Second, a database view requires that technical staff manually join related tables
together, while a data source automatically allows reportable access to all business objects related to
those in the data source.

Deny

Designated participants in business processes, with a defined responsibility in this type of event,
indicate that they deny the proposed action The business process is not authorized to proceed to the
next step. In some cases the entire business process may be terminated and all Workday data is
restored to its state before the business process started.

Derived Roles

Roles can be assigned to a user when he is given a responsibility within a functional area, such as HR
partner or compensation partner for a particular organization.

You can have different roles in relationship to different organizations. For example, you could be a
compensation partner for one organization and an HR business partner for another organization.

Dimension

Some aspect of or perspective on data that you want to use as the basis for analysis. For example, for
financial accounting, you can analyze revenue by customer, by channel, or by marketing campaign.
For expenses, you can analyze costs by cost center or by project. All of these are dimensions.
Dimensions are usually created with worktags.

Domain

A domain is a collection of related securable items such as actions, reports, report data, report data
sources, or custom report fields. Each domain is secured by a domain security policy.

Domain Security Policy

A domain security policy is a collection of related securable elements of different types and user-
specified security groups that have access to elements of each type.

Drilldown

Matrix reports enable you to drill down to see underlying data. When you click on a drillable element
(such as a drillable field in the table view or a column, line, or pie segment in the chart view), a context
menu appears that enables you to select a new View By field. If the Enable Drilldown to Detail Data
check box is selected on the Advanced tab of the report definition, you can also select Details
associated with the selected report element.

Event

A transaction that occurs within your organization, such as hiring or terminating an employee.
Field (reporting)

In a Report Writer report, a field contains data related to a particular primary or related business
object.

Filter

Sorts out undesired data, used when creating reports with Report Writer.

Functional Area

A functional area is a collection of domain or business process security policies that are related to the
same set of product features, for example, Benefits or Compensation.

Get (permission)

Get is an integration action that retrieves Workday data. It is a permission that can be granted in a
domain security policy.

Home (landing page)

If enabled, Home becomes the default landing page for the user.

Intersection Security Group

An intersection security group is one whose members are other security groups. Workers associated
with all included security groups are granted access through an intersection security group.

Initiation Step

An initiation step is the first step of a business process.

Instance

An instance refers to one unique occurrence of a business object, for example, your Executive
Management organization, or John Doe, the worker.

Job-Based Security Group

A job-based security group includes one or more job-related attributes or objects including job profile,
job family, job category, management level, or exempt/non-exempt status.

Landing Page

Landing pages display a collection of different worklets to enable you to quickly view data and perform
tasks. There are different landing pages and display formats (grid or wheel) to support different
functions. Some common landing pages are My Workday, My Workday 2.0, All About Me, and My
Team. There are other specialized landing pages, such as dashboard landing pages.

Location Membership Security Group

A location membership security group is one whose members are any workers assigned to that
location.

Matrix Report

You can create 3 types of custom reports: simple, advanced, and matrix. A matrix report forms the
foundation for custom analytics. It summarizes data by one or two fields that contain repeating values.
The resulting matrix is displayed as either a table or chart that users can drill through to see the
associated details. You control the specific detail data users should see when they drill down by
selecting the desired fields when defining the report. Matrix reports also provide features such as
filtering, run time prompts, worklets and report sharing.

Modify (permission)

Modify is an action through the Workday user interface that can be permitted on securable items in a
domain security policy. It includes view permission.

Organization Security Group

An organization security group is one whose members are any workers assigned to that organization.

Primary Business Object

When defining a report, the primary business object is the business object returned by the data
source.

Predefined security Group

Workers are assigned to the predefined security groups through a business process. These groups
cannot be changed except by reversing the business process or executing a new business process,
such as applying for a position, or being hired. Examples include: Employee, Contingent Worker, and
Applicant.

Prompt (reporting)

A Report Writer report can be defined so that it prompts the user for filtering criteria when they run
the report. Report prompts can also be "built in" to a data source.

Put (permission)

Put is an integration action that adds or changes Workday data. It is a permission that can be granted
in a domain security policy.

Related Business Object

When defining a report, fields that return objects related to the primary business object are said to
contain related business objects. These related objects may have their own set of fields that can be
included in the report as well.

Report Data Sources

Predefined groups of logically related fields, used when creating reports with Report Writer, which
define the data in the report row. For example, the report data source “Employees” contains contact
information, personal data, and identification information. Report data sources also include which
roles have access to see the report data.

Rescind (business process)

Rescinding a business process operates on completed business processes. It completely reverses all
changes made to Workday data. It is also a securable action in a business process security policy.

Role-Based Security Group

A role-based security group specifies one organization role and includes workers in job positions
defined for that organization role.

Roles

Roles define a group of people with specific responsibilities and permissions. When a business process
runs, the role for each step includes all of the workers in that role in the business process target
organization.

Securable Item

A securable item is an action, report, or data that is part of a security policy. You can secure access by
defining the security policy to restrict access to the item to specified security groups. Related securable
items are grouped into domains. Also, business-process-related actions are securable items.

Security Group

A security group is a collection of users, or a collection of objects that are related to users. Allowing a
security group access to a securable item in a security policy grants access to the users associated with
the security group.

Segment

A security segment is a grouping of related securable items, such as pay components, that can be
secured together using a segment-based security group for that segment.

Simple Report

You can create 3 types of custom reports: simple, advanced, and matrix. A simple report provides
straightforward design options for the beginning or occasional user to create reports quickly and
easily.

Standard Report

Standard reports are reports that come delivered with Workday. They are developed by Workday and
are delivered to all Workday customers. Depending on the reporting requirements, standard reports
may be defined using the Workday Report Writer or in XpressO (Workday's internal development
tool). Standard reports that were designed using the Report Writer can be copied to create a custom
report and then modified according to your requirements.
Subfield

Subfields are additional details about a field, like a master/detail relationship. Subfields are used when
creating reports using Report Writer.

Target

The object that a business process operates on. For example, for business processes that deal with an
employee record, the target is the employee. For business processes that deal with a financial object,
such as an accounting journal, the accounting journal is the target. Since the target determines the
organization, it controls which business process custom definition Workday uses.

Task

A business process step that you must complete. For example, task alert notifications are triggered by
steps in a business process.

Temporary Report

You have the option to make any custom report temporary. When creating or copying simple report
types, you can select the Temporary option when creating the report, resulting in automatic deletion
of the report after 7 days. Similarly, for advanced and matrix report types, you can set the Temporary
option when creating the report, and by default the report will be deleted automatically after 7 days.
You change the default deletion date on the Advanced tab of the report definition.

To-Dos

To-Dos are reminders to do something outside of the Workday system. They can be part of business
processes, and have to be marked complete before the workflow will go to the next step.

User-Based Security Group

A user-based security group has workers as members. When used in a security policy, it grants access
to the securable items to all members of the group.

View (business process)

Viewing a business process means seeing its status and reporting on it. This is a securable item in a
business process security policy.

View (permission)

View is the ability to see objects or data through the Workday user interface, when permitted in a
domain security policy.

Worklet

A compact report displayed as a "tile" on the My Workday page, providing easy access to tasks and
information you use on a regular basis. Examples are My Leadership Roles, Open Positions,
Anniversaries, and so on.
Worktag

A named attribute that you can assign to events and objects to indicate their business purpose. For
example, you can create a Customer worktag, whose values are the names of your customers. You
can use the worktag to assign a customer to an expense in an expense report or a product sales event.

2.Financial Glossary
Account Summary (Ledger Account Summary)

A grouping of ledger accounts. For example, you can group all assets that are considered current assets
to easily reference them. Individual accounts can appear in multiple account summaries.

Account Translation Rule Set

A set of rules that dictate how monetary amounts in individual accounts are translated into a different
currency. Translation rule sets are defined at an account-set level and apply to each account in that
account set.

Base Currency

Also know as default currency. The primary currency in which a company does business and reporting.
For financial accounting, a company must have a base currency defined.

Budget Structure

Criteria for building budget or forecast budgets. Types of budget structures include financial, staffing
and position. Budget structures can be configured to require approval, organized by dimension type
(such as cost center or region), and updated with amendments.

Company

Usually represents a legal entity, and is the primary entity for recorded business transactions and
financial reports. A Workday company equates to a single tax ID within an enterprise. A company is a
type of Workday organization.

Currency Rate Type

Allows you to establish more than one conversion rate for the same currency pair during the same
time frame. For example, one rate type can apply to the daily rate used in operational transactions,
and then average and historical rate types can be used for financial reporting. The default rate type is
used in all operational activity. You can define names for currency rate types; typical names are Period
Average, Daily, End of Day Daily, and Historical.

Current Asset

An asset on the balance sheet that is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future;
usually within one year or one business cycle (whichever is longer). Typical current assets include cash,
cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventory, the portion of prepaid accounts that will be used
within a year, and short-term investments. On the balance sheet, assets are typically classified into
current assets and long-term assets.

Customer Invoice Adjustment

A change to the amount a customer owes, and can be an increase or a decrease in the amount due.

Credit Memo

In Workday, a credit memo is a customer invoice adjustment that decreases the amount due. A credit
memo for suppliers is a supplier invoice adjustment that decreases the amount owed.

Debit Memo

In Workday, a debit memo is a customer invoice adjustment that increases the amount due. A debit
memo for suppliers is a supplier invoice adjustment that increases the amount owed.

Depreciation Profile

Determines how a resource will be depreciated, and specifies the depreciation method and
depreciation start date. Each resource category is assigned one depreciation profile, and each
resource depreciation profile is defaulted by its resource category.

Independent Contingent Worker

An independent contingent worker (ICW) not represented by a supplier, and accounted for as a 1099
supplier. You issue purchase orders to, create receipts for, and pay ICWs just as you do suppliers.

Multicurrency

Companies use a base currency for transactions and reporting. Each company in a tenant can have its
own base currency. When a transaction currency is different than the company base currency, the
transaction is recorded in the transaction currency and automatically converted to the base currency.
You can also define default currencies for customers and suppliers.

Open Item

Supplier and customer invoices that have an amount owing or due. For expense reports, a line item
to be paid or reconciled.

Pay Group

An organization type that groups workers and the rules controlling pay calculations. Each worker
receiving pay through Workday payroll must be a member of one, and only one, pay group.

Payment Category

The classification of a payment; for example, supplier payments, expense payments, and payroll
payments.

Payment Election
Allows workers to designate how they want to receive payroll and expense payments. For electronic
payments, the worker can set up one or more bank accounts. The payment election specifies the
currency, pay types (such as check or direct deposit), and payment allocation amounts for each worker
bank account. Workers can set up payment elections for payroll (or payroll interface) and expense
payments.

Payment Group

Created as the result of a settlement run. Payments are grouped by payment category (supplier,
expense, payroll, ad hoc supplier), bank, bank account, payment type (check, EFT), maximum
payments in file, and integration system. Payments are also grouped by company, currency, and
country.

Payment Type

A valid form of payment you use to pay invoices, payment elections, and other payments. Payment
types are user configured, and each payment type is mapped to a payment method, whose values are
delivered by Workday. For example, a credit card payment method could be mapped to the payment
types such as Visa, Mastercard, and American Express.

Pay Run Group

A group of one or more pay group/run category combinations that share the same period schedule.
In the Run Pay Calculation task, you can start a payroll processing run for multiple pay groups as a
single action when they are part of the same pay run group.

Position Budget

An annual budget for planned compensation for a position. Spend and projected spend for the
position can be tracked against the budget.

Prenotifications (Prenotes)

Optional live or zero-dollar entries that are sent through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) to a
financial institution to verify account and related information before sending or receiving actual direct
deposits. If the prenote amount is not zero, cash is transferred to the account.

Public Requisition Template

These templates are specific to a company and can be used by all authorized workers. Only buyers
and service coordinators can create or edit public templates. To provision new workers automatically,
a template must be public.

Requisition Template

A collection of goods and services that makes the requisition process simpler, faster, and more
manageable.

Resource
Any item you want to track, from company vehicles to software licenses and access cards. For capital
resources, you can capture the acquisition cost and record depreciation based on the depletion
schedule attributes. You can also track resource custodianship.

Resource Category

When you set up expense items and purchase items, you assign a resource category. It is a
classification in procurement and resource management that provides a logical grouping to search
and report on acquired items and services. It can also be used to drive different accounting behavior
as it is a dimension in account posting rule types used in procurement and resource management.

Revenue Category

When you set up sales items, you assign a revenue category. It is a classification in customer contracts
and billing that provides a logical grouping to search and report on items and services you sell. It can
also be used to drive different accounting behavior as it is a dimension in account posting rule types
used in customer contracts, billing, and accounts receivable.

Settlement Run

A group of items to be paid (such as supplier invoices and expense reports), and payments (paychecks
and ad hoc supplier payments) that is treated as one unit when selecting and settling payments.

Spend Category

When you set up expense items and purchase items, you assign a spend category. It is a classification
in procurement and resource management that provides a logical grouping to search and report on
acquired items and services. It can also be used to drive different accounting behavior as it is a
dimension in account posting rule types used in procurement and spend management.

Supplier Invoice Adjustment

A change to the amount a supplier owes, and can be an increase or a decrease in the amount due.

Translation Method

Identifies the translation type (average, current, custom, or historic) to translate currencies using fiscal
year criteria.

Translation Type

Workday provided translation types are preconfigured translation methods used to fill in the rate type.
They do not provide default or allow rate types, because rate types are tenanted. The custom
translation type provides full control over setting up the translation method.

3.HCM Glossary

Accrual

Defines how much time off employees can accrue, the timing of the accrual, and other rules. Can
define eligibility rules, a frequency, and limits that differ from the time off plan.
Annualization Factor

The multiplier, which you set, used to calculate an annual amount of compensation for compensation
plans. Each compensation plan has a frequency of payment, and each frequency has an annualization
factor.

Base Pay Element

The compensation components that will be included in the calculation of base pay for the purposes of
determining the compa-ratio and target penetration.

For example, you can choose to include both base pay and bonuses in the base pay for purposes of
determining the compa-ratio.

Benefit Coverage Type

A type of benefits coverage. For example, you can define Medical, Dental, Vision, Group Term Life,
Long Term Disability, and Short Term Disability benefit coverage types. Each type can contain one or
more specific benefit plans.

You can set rules for benefit elections at the benefit coverage type level. For example, you can restrict
an employee to selecting only one plan of a specific coverage type. You can also specify which
coverage types are available for employee election during which benefit events.

Benefit Defaulting Rule

Identifies the benefit plans, coverage targets, and coverage amounts that employees receive by
default when they do not complete an enrollment event.

Benefit Event

An event in the employee's life that gives the employee the opportunity to change benefit elections.
These include staffing changes (for example, getting hired or promoted) but also "life events," for
example, getting married or having a new child.

Benefit Event Rules

These rules specify coverage increase limits, EOI requirements, waiting periods, and other rules and
conditions of enrollment for benefits enrollment events.

Benefit Event Type

Identifies the events that trigger benefit enrollment, for example, open enrollment, new hires, or the
birth of a child. It also identify the coverage types to make available to employees for when an event
of this type occurs.

Benefit Group

Identifies workers who qualify for similar benefit plans and elections. Workday builds benefit groups
dynamically based on eligibility rules that control group membership; all workers who meet the
criteria specified in a group's eligibility rules are automatically assigned to that group. For example,
you can create benefit groups by defining eligibility rules that assign executive management staff to
one group, salaried employees to a second group, and hourly employees to a third group.

Benefit Plan

Defines the following:

The coverage levels or amounts available to employees enrolling in an insurance, health care, defined
contribution, or spending account plan.
The target populations for a plan (for example, employee, employee + spouse, or employee +
children).
Eligibility for benefits, including which benefit groups are eligible for the plan.
Restrictions on the age of covered dependents.
Plan rates and costs.
Benefit Validation

Restricts the coverage options available to workers under a specific benefit plan.

For example, you can restrict the maximum age of dependents covered under a plan or the maximum
and minimum coverage amounts.

Bonus Process

A sequence of one or more tasks related to defining, targeting, and awarding a bonus to employees.
In this process, a compensation administrator creates the bonus plan definition. The administrator or
manager assigns the bonus plan to employees through one of various means. Assignment of the plan
determines eligibility for the bonus event. The administrator sets up the bonus process, which funds
the bonus pool, and then launches the process on the specified event date. Workday creates bonus
events for employees based on their organization. Managers review the target bonus for their
employees and submit bonus proposals for review. Once approved, the employees receive their
bonus.

Business Site Location

A worker's work location. This value influences many processes, including compensation and staffing.

Carryover Limit

The maximum amount of time off employees can carry over from one balance period to another.

Cascading Leave

A sequence of related leave types that are linked together. When an employee meets the conditions
defined for ending a leave, Workday generates a return from leave request and a separate request for
the next leave.

Company Insider Type

Enables you to track which employees are considered company insiders for reasons of stock
purchasing. You can track company insider status on job profiles and, by extension, each worker with
that job profile.

Company Performance Scorecard

Lists and weights each criterion used to evaluate company performance.

You can use scorecards to track company performance as standalone information or to influence
funding up-front for a particular bonus plan.

Compensation Basis

A user-defined grouping of compensation components; such as the sum of salary, allowance,

commission, bonus, future payment, stock and retirement savings plans. Workday enables you to
specify which compensation plans should be included in the compensation basis calculation. This
calculation can be used to view employee compensation in Workday and in the bonus process to
provide target pools and individual target amounts.

Compensation Component

The umbrella term for compensation packages, grades, grade profiles, and plans.

Compensation Defaulting Rule

Establishes the criteria for how compensation components default to worker compensation during
staffing transactions (hire, promote, demote, transfer). Compensation defaulting rules ease data entry
by automatically defaulting compensation components (packages, grades, grade profiles, and plans)
to worker compensation for employees who meet the rule's eligibility requirements.

Compensation Element

The smallest unit of compensation for a worker in a specific position. Workday uses compensation
elements to determine the amount, currency, frequency, and other attributes of a worker’s
compensation. Compensation elements are linked to compensation plans. For example, Base Pay, Car
Allowance, and Commission can be mapped to any compensation plan, but not to merit plans. Payroll
earning codes linked to a compensation element allow Workday Payroll and Payroll Interface to
include the applicable compensation in payroll. A Compensation Element Group is a collection of
compensation elements. For example, the group Standard Base Pay can be comprised of multiple
compensation elements. Compensation elements do not need to be grouped, and groups are optional.

Compensation Matrix

Defines the bonus,merit and stock increase range based on employees' overall performance rating,
retention rating, eligibility rule, or their salary range quartile. You can use a compensation matrix to
generate a bonus,merit or stock pool, giving you the basic cost forecasting necessary to pay for
performance (bottom-up budgeting), or you can use the compensation matrix as reference guidelines
only but have a separate pools (top-down budgeting).

Compensation Package
A grouping of compensation guidelines (grades, grade profiles, and their associated steps) and plans
that you can assign to workers as a set. Packages provide a quick view the eligible plans for a particular
job or group of employees.

Compensation Plan

A component of pay that you use to assign monetary amounts to a worker's pay. For example, a salary,
an allowance, or a bonus.

Some compensation plans, for example, a commission, are discretionary. You are not paid from these
compensation plans in every paycheck. By contrast, other plans, like a salary plan, are included in
every paycheck.

Compensation Rule

Guidelines for determining which workers are eligible for which components of compensation.

Compensation Step

A specific monetary amount within a grade or grade profile. Steps defined on a grade profile override
any steps defined on the grade.

Compensation Structure

The arrangement of compensation grades, grade profiles, plans, and packages you create to best fit
your company's compensation needs. Administrators, partners, and managers can use these
compensation components and compensation eligibility rules to assign and update a worker's
compensation plans.

Compensation Target Rule

Used to segment your employee population for assignment of compensation plans:

Specify one or multiple target populations within a bonus or merit plan, defaulting compensation
differently for each target.
Roll out compensation plans (allowance, bonus, commission, merit) to a target population of
employees, or remove them.
Compensation Waiting Period

A rule that defines when employees become eligible for a merit or bonus plan. You base the rule on a
single value, such a hire date.

Competency

A functional or technical ability that is needed to perform a job. In Workday, you can associate
competencies with job families, management levels, job profiles, and positions.

Contingent Worker

A worker who is not an employee. You can use contingent worker types, such as contractor or
consultant, to categorize and track contingent workers in your organization.
Coordinated Time Off

See Intermittent Leave.

Country Region

Political entities (such as states, provinces, cities, or other legislative entities) where specific laws and
regulations require companies to track and report on unique kinds of worker and job information.

Coverage Target

Defines whether a specific health care plan or insurance plan can be used by only the employee or
also by the employee's dependents, entire family, spouse, and so on.

Cross Plan Dependency

Limits the coverage options available to workers during an enrollment event based on their choice of
other benefit plans and coverage amounts.

For example, you can limit coverage in a specific plan to a percentage of the total coverage in one or
more other benefit plans.

Defined Contribution Plans

A type of benefit plan where employees make contributions to 401k and 403b accounts. You can
establish defined contribution plans and add these plans to benefits programs. Your employees can
make or change defined contribution elections at any time, and those changes are sent to payroll for
the periods in which the elections are effective.

Eligibility Rule

Specify one or more criteria that categorizes workers into a group that is used to qualify them for
participation in an HR-related task. For example:

Benefit plan
Compensation plan
Employee review
Employee Type

A user-defined type that you assign to each employee when the employee is hired. For the most part
this designation is informational only; you can search or filter employees by their employee type.
However, you can designate a type as Fixed Term Employees, and employees of that type have fixed
end dates of employment.

Enrollment Event

Any event that results in a gain or loss of benefits coverage. This encompasses both open enrollment
and benefit events, such as a new hire, a termination, the birth of a child, and a job change.
For each event, you must specify the benefit plans and elections that become available or are lost to
employees as the result of that event. For example, you can make medical, dental, basic life,
supplemental life, and visions plans available to new hires; by contrast, for the birth of a child, you
might make only basic life, supplemental life, and medical coverage available to affected employees.

Enrollment Event Rule

Defines coverage start and end dates, waiting periods, coverage increase limits, Evidence of
Insurability requirements, and other coverage rules and conditions. This ensures that the benefits
process presents only the options for which each employee is eligible based on the event type.

Defined at the benefit group, enrollment event, and benefit type levels.

Frequency

Used in compensation and payroll to help calculate worker compensation and pay.

Full Time Equivalent (FTE) %

The ratio of a worker's scheduled weekly hours to the business site's weekly hours. If a worker works
20 hours a week and the business site's weekly hours are 40, then the worker's FTE is 50 percent.

Future Payment Plan

A type of bonus plan that can be paid out over multiple bonus plans, one-time payment plans, or both.
Any remaining target amount can be paid in a final true up payment.

Grade Profile

A breakdown of a compensation grade by functional task, geographical region, or other categorization

your business requires. A profile allows you to assign more granular compensation ranges to workers.

Headcount

The number of workers in an organization.

Headcount Group

The basic unit of the headcount management staffing model. You can create one or many headcount
groups for an organization, each with its own definition and hiring restrictions. You specify a fixed
number of positions to fill in the headcount group, and hiring can continue until all positions are filled.

Headcount Management Staffing Model

One of the three staffing models available to use in your organization. It allows you to create one set
of hiring restrictions that applies to all positions in the headcount group. As a result, headcount
management does not provide the same level of control over individual positions that you have with
position management.

This model is particularly useful for organizations that hire large numbers of workers into the same or
similar jobs with the same or similar requirements and restrictions.
Headcount Plan

A headcount plan forecasts the number of workers necessary to achieve business goals in a specified
period of time. This is a foundational component of workforce planning. You can create headcount
plans with different statistic types, dimensions, and time frames; link to financial budgets; and pre-
populate headcount plan data. Headcount plan reports help you understand whether organizations
are hiring to plan, headcount is allocated correctly, and you have the right workforce to support your
goals.

Health Care Classification

The user-defined type of provider organizations for a health care plan, such as PPO, EPO, HMO, and
DHMO. It is informational only.

Hiring/Position Restrictions

Use hiring restrictions to define rules and conditions for holding jobs and positions in a position
management, headcount management, or job management organization.

Hiring restrictions enable you to:

Limit staffing to specific job families and job profiles.

Restrict the business sites where a job or position can be filled.
Define the required qualifications, experience, and skill levels of workers hired into a job or position
(position management organizations only).
Limit staffing for a job or position to a specific worker type (employees or contingent workers).
Limit staffing for a job or position to a specific time type (full or part-time workers).
Individual Target

Either an individual target assigned to a worker in worker compensation (different from the plan
target) or the target for each employee calculated by Workday during the bonus or merit process,
based on configuration options.

Intermittent Leave

A single leave of absence taken as separate blocks of time. To facilitate tracking, you can coordinate
time offs with leaves of absence. Validation rules and supporting data for coordinated leaves and time
offs can reference combined balances. For example, eligibility and validation rules can check to see if
an employee has a sufficient balance across coordinated leave types and time offs to take all days in
a leave of absence or time off request.

Job Catalog

The collection of user-defined job family groups, which each contain job families, which each contain
job families, available for use in hiring and other staffing transactions.

Job Category

Attached to a job profile, user-defined job categories allow you to track additional job information.
You can define any job category that fits your business, for example, whether specific workers, jobs,
or positions are "Direct Labor" or "Indirect Labor." The job category is displayed on the position—
based on that position's job profile's job category—which facilitates reporting at the position level.

Job Classification (Group)

Job classifications are required for many kinds of job-related regulatory reporting and can be used to
categorize job profiles. A job classification group is the means by which you group and maintain
individual job classifications.

Job Family (Group)

A grouping of job profiles, which in turn may be assigned to a job family group, so you can organize
job profiles according to how your organization works.

Job Level (Hierarchy)

Categorizes job profiles (and their associated jobs and positions) based on compensable factors such
as the level of education, experience, or training required to perform a job. Job profiles are assigned
job levels, and those job levels are organized into a hierarchy.

Job Management Staffing Model

One of the three staffing models available to use in your organization. It provides the least control
over the definition of individual positions: the hiring restrictions you define apply to all jobs in the
supervisory organization, and you can define only one set of hiring restrictions per organization. In
addition, with job management, you don't set specific limits on the number of jobs that can be filled.

This model is particularly useful for organizations that prefer to define broad job requirements and
rely on staffing workflows and approvals to control the number of workers in a supervisory
organization.

Job Profile

Defines generic features and characteristics—such as company insider type, pay rate type, and
competencies and proficiencies—of a job and of a position that uses that profile. The more specifically
defined a job profile is, the more specifically defined those jobs and positions will be, by default. Job
profiles are the most specific element in the job catalog: job profiles make up job families, which make
up job family groups.

Leave Family

A set of similar leave of absence types. For example, a company-specific family might include disability
leave and bereavement leave, while a separate regulatory family might include jury duty, family
medical leave act (FMLA), and similar leaves. Workday displays the leave family name as a category of
leave types for requesters to select from when entering leave requests.

Leave of Absence Rule

Can be used to define worker eligibility for leaves of absence and to define validations that prevent
users from submitting invalid leave requests.
Leave Type

Defines rules that apply to a specific type of leave of absence, such as jury duty or FMLA. Identifies the
leave of absence family and unit of time for leave requests. It can also identify employee eligibility
rules for requesting a leave, validation rules for preventing invalid requests, whether to track
entitlement balances, and other options.

Life Event

A kind of benefit event that occurs in the employee's personal life, for example, getting married or
having a child.

Management Level (Hierarchy)

Categorizes job profiles (and their associated jobs and positions) based on the management level to
which they belong. For example, a particular job or position may belong to the Supervisor, Manager,
or Individual Contributor management level. Job profiles are assigned management levels, and those
management levels are organized into a hierarchy.

Merit Process

A sequence of one or more tasks related to defining, targeting, and awarding merit pay to employees.
In this process, a compensation administrator creates the merit plan definition. The administrator or
manager assigns the merit plan to employees through one of various means. Assignment of the plan
determines eligibility for the merit compensation event. The administrator sets up the merit process,
which funds the merit pool, and then launches the process on the specified event date. Workday
creates merit compensation events for employees based on their organization. Managers review the
target merit increases for their employees and submit merit increase proposals for review. Once
approved, the employees receive their merit increases.

Multiplier-Based Coverage

Insurance coverage based on multiples of salary, for example, 1x, 2x, 3x, 4x, 5x, or 6x salary.

Open Enrollment Event

A type of enrollment event; the other is a benefit event. This event controls the benefits open
enrollment process. Unlike benefit event enrollment, which is triggered by an event in a specific
employee's life or work, an open enrollment event applies to an entire, chosen employee population.

Organization

An organization refers to a grouping used to organize people, resources, workers, and other
organizations. Organizations provide management, visibility into, and reporting (roll-up) structures for
resource allocation. Organizations can be defined for application uses like defining departmental
hierarchies, project teams, etc. They can also be used to definters and geographic or regional reporting
structures.

Passive Event

Events that result from the passage of time rather than from a specific change to employee data.
For example, you can set up a passive event to track and manage benefit eligibility for employees who
reach the age of 65 (retirement age). Based on the event rules, Workday automatically searches for
employees turning 65 and generates an enrollment event to record any benefit gains or losses.

Performance Review Process

A process by which an employee receives formal feedback on their performance in a given period of
time. This includes a performance evaluation.

Period Schedule

Defines the accrual frequency for a time off plan, such as annual or monthly (unless the plan has a
custom frequency), and the start and end date of each reporting period. The period controls reporting
of both accruals and time off requests.

Position Management Staffing Model

One of the three staffing models available to use in your organization. It provides the tightest control
over hiring, as you can specify different staffing rules and restrictions for each position.

Position Requirements

Used in job requisitions to define rules and conditions for holding positions in a supervisory
organization using position management as its staffing model.

Position requirements enable you to:

Limit staffing to specific job families and job profiles.

Restrict the business sites where a position can be filled.
Define the required qualifications, experience, and skill levels of workers hired into a position.
Limit staffing for a position to a specific worker type (employees or contingent workers).
Limit staffing for a position to a specific time type (full or part-time workers).
Project

An undertaking that encompasses a set of tasks or activities having a definable starting point and well
defined objectives. Usually each task has a planned completion data (due date) and assigned
resources.

Pre-Hire

Used in Staffing to identify individuals you're tracking prior to employment. Used in Recruiting to
identify candidates who are in the Offer or Background Check stage.

Reference Pay Range

A range of pay deemed appropriate for a compensation grade or grade profile. During compensation
transactions, if proposed compensation for an employee extends beyond the limits of the range for
the employee's grade or grade profile, Workday issues a warning yet still permits submission of the
proposed compensation.
Review Category

Workday supplies four employee review categories:

Development Plan
Disciplinary Action
Personal Improvement Plan
Performance Review
The business process definitions for employee reviews are specific to the review categories. This
allows you to define unique processes for each category.

Note that the review "types" you define in each category are used by name when defining review
templates and starting employee reviews.

Review Template

A collection of instructions, sections, and questions that can be used when you start an employee
review. A template is specific to a review type. Workday supplies several sections (for example,
Responsibilities and Competencies) from which you can select the appropriate ones for the specific
template.

Review Type

You define specific types of each Workday-supplied review category. For example, in the Performance
Review category, you could define the Annual Review type and the Ad Hoc Performance Review type.

When you start a review or define review templates, you choose a review type, not a review category.

Skill

An ability that is acquired through job experience. In Workday, skills are a quick and easy way to tag
employees with particular abilities that make them stand out.

Staffing Event

Any event that changes an employee's position or job, for example, a hire, transfer, or promotion.
Staffing events usually trigger an opportunity to change benefits elections.

Staffing Model

Defines how jobs and positions are created and filled in a supervisory organization. Workday supports
three kinds of staffing models:

Job Management
Headcount Management
Position Management
Supplemental Earning

Any compensation paid in addition to an employee's regular wages that includes, but is not limited to,
severance or dismissal pay, vacation pay, back pay, bonuses, moving expenses, overtime, taxable
fringe benefits, and commissions. In Workday, only supplemental earnings can be grossed-up.
Termination Adjustment

A time off adjustment that automatically sets the remaining balance of a worker's time off plan to zero
upon the worker's termination.

Time Off

Defines the rules that apply to a specific type of time off. Identifies the time off type, whether
adjustments are allowed, and validation rules that prevent users from entering invalid requests. Can
also define eligibility rules and limits that differ from the time off plan.

Time Off Plan

Defines rules for entering and tracking one or more related time offs. Identifies the unit of time (hours
or days), eligibility requirements, whether to track balances, and if time offs are position-based or
worker-based. Time off plans that track balances also specify the balance period (plan year), accruals
that add to the plan balance, carryover limits, and other balance tracking rules.

Time Off Type

Names a type of time off users can request, such as Sick Time or Vacation. This is the name users see
when entering a time off request. A time off type can be associated with more than one time off.

Time Proration Rule

Prorates employees' target compensation in a bonus or merit increase compensation event according
to time-based criteria such as leave of absence or time since hire.

Time Type

A characteristic of a job profile that categorizes the amount of time required for the job or position,
such as full time or part time. In Workday, the time type is specified in the Create Position, Create
Headcount, or Set Hiring Restrictions tasks. The value defaults to the value defined on the job profile
by the manager, HR Partner, or other authorized role.

Tranche

A French word meaning a portion or slice of a bonus distributed to an employee over several
payments.

True Up

To pay the outstanding balance for one or more bonus plans in order to meet the bonus target.

Validation Rules

Rules that prevent the entry of invalid time off requests or that trigger an error or warning message
upon submission of an invalid leave of absence request. For example, a validation rule can prevent the
entry of unpaid time off or requests of less than 4 hours. A validation rule for a leave of absence can
ensure that an employee does not exceed the maximum number of leave days allowed each year.
Worker

A person who is either an employee hired by a company or a contingent worker contracted by a

company.

Worker Type

Employee or Contingent Worker. There can also be several user-defined types of contingent workers.
Compensation, benefits, and staffing events are tied to the worker type.

4.Payroll Glossary
Additional Payment

An off cycle payment made in addition to a worker's scheduled on cycle payment. You can process
additional payments as part of a manual payment or on demand payment.

Balance Period

The period of time, such as current period, month-to-date, quarter-to-date, or year-to-date, over
which Workday calculates a pay component value.

Compensation Element

The smallest unit of compensation for a worker in a specific position. Workday uses compensation
elements to determine the amount, currency, frequency, and other attributes of a worker’s
compensation.

Compensation elements are linked to compensation plans. For example, Base Pay, Car Allowance, and
Commission can be mapped to any compensation plan, but not to merit plans.

A Compensation Element Group is a collection of compensation elements. For example, the group
Standard Base Pay can be composed of multiple compensation elements. Compensation elements do
not need to be grouped, and groups are optional.

Payroll earning codes linked to a compensation element allow Workday Payroll and Payroll Interface
to include the applicable compensation in payroll. See the Compensation Element tab on Create
Earning.

Forward Accrual

Estimates payroll payments to be made in a future payroll period that spans two financial reporting
periods.

Gross-to-Net Proration

Proration of a worker's gross-to-net pay as a result of certain mid-period changes, such as a change in
tax authorities, that creates sub-periods. Gross-to-net proration results in a separate payment for each
gross-to-net sub-period.
Manual Payment

An off cycle calculation that records check or cash payments made outside Workday Payroll.

Nonactive Worker

A worker with a status of Terminated or On Leave for payroll processing purposes. A run category can
define rules for processing nonactive workers.

No Retro Processing Prior To Date

The earliest date that Workday can process supported retroactive changes for a worker.

Off Cycle

An unscheduled payroll run, such as manual, on demand, or reversal. Enables you to issue additional
or replacement payments.

On Cycle

A scheduled payroll run.

On Demand Payment

An off cycle payment that replaces, or is issued in addition to, a worker's on cycle pay.

Pay Accumulation

Returns values used in gross to net pay calculations. Sums (can add and subtract) the value of a group
of earnings, deductions, pay component-related calculations (PCRCs), pay component groups, and
other pay accumulations. Workday delivers several predefined pay accumulations, such as Federal
Taxable Wages by Company and Local Withholding Subject Wages by Company.

Pay Component

An earning (such as base salary or bonus) or deduction (such as federal withholding taxes or medical)
that applies to a worker's gross-to-net pay calculation or tax liability.

Pay Component Group

A collection or combination of related earnings, deductions, or pay component related calculations

that are combined to simplify payroll calculations. Workday provides several pay component groups,
such as Employer-Paid Benefits, Pre-Tax Deductions, and Federal Taxable Wages which you can
modify, and you can create your own tenanted pay component groups, such as 401(k) Eligible Wages.

Pay Component Proration

The proration of an earning, deduction, or pay component related caculation in response to a mid-
period change to a worker's compensation. Workday can proportionately calculate the pay
component for each sub-period.
Pay Component Related Calculation

A related calculation that is used in the definition of an earning or deduction.

For example, the earning, Hourly Pay, uses a calculation of Hours (unprorated) x Rate. Assigning the
related calculations of Hours (unprorated) and Rate to the earning, forms two new pay component
related calculations.

Pay Group

A group of workers defined to have their pay calculated and processed together. Workers in a pay
group must share the same period schedule.

Pay Group Detail

The combination of a run category and period schedule defined for a pay group, such as a regular run
category and weekly period schedule. A pay group can have more than one set of pay group details.

Payment Elections

Control how to pay workers for each type of pay that they receive, such as regular payments and
bonus payments. They also control how to handle expense reimbursements for workers. Payment
elections designate the payment type (check or direct deposit), account information for direct
deposits, payment order, and the distribution of balance for split payments.

Payroll Effect

An option available in Workday Absence Management to stop paying workers while on leave. You can
configure a run category to pay workers on certain leave types when the Payroll Effect option is
enabled for the leave type.

Payroll History

Payments made to employees before using Workday Payroll, that are loaded into Workday to
establish starting balances for workers.

Payroll Input

Rates, units, amounts, or other values that you enter manually or load into Workday Payroll for a
worker's on cycle or off cycle run. Sometimes referred to as worker input.

Pay Rate Type

Defines whether the worker is paid a salary or a certain amount per unit of time, for example, hourly
or weekly. Defined by country and associated with job profiles and, by extension, with employees in
that job profile.

Pay Run Group

A convenience feature used to process multiple pay groups with the same period schedule at the same
time. When adding a pay group to a pay run group, you select which of the pay group’s run categories
to include. The selected run categories must share the same schedule.

Payroll Reporting Code

Codes assigned to workers to capture information for quarterly state tax filing or new hire reporting.
For example, unit codes for Minnesota or branch codes for California.

Payslip

Online or printed summary of an employee's gross-to-net earnings. Also referred to as a pay stub.

PCRC

See pay component related calculation.

Period Schedule

Defines when and how often to process payroll. Defines payment dates and forward accruals, using a
Period Start Date, Period End Date and Payroll Payment Date. You can associate period schedules with
any run category or pay group with the same payment frequency.

Proration

Used to create sub-periods when there is a change in the workers compensation mid-period. Proration
is set up on the Calculation Details tab of Create Earning or Create Deduction and the Compensation
Element tab of Create Earning. Can be based on calendar days on days worked (work shift).

Related Calculation

A calculation that returns a value, such as hours, rate, or percent, that can be used to resolve earnings
and deductions, to display on pay results, or for other calculation purposes.

See also: pay component related calculation.

Replacement Payment

An off cycle payment that replaces a worker's on cycle payment in a period that is in progress or not
yet started. You can process replacement payments as part of a manual payment or on demand
payment.

Reversal

An off cycle calculation that reverses the results of a completed pay calculation for a worker.

Run Category

Defines a type of payroll run, such as regular or bonus. Specifies criteria for processing employees by
status (Active, Terminated, On Leave), components to calculate automatically for on cycle and off cycle
runs, whether a supplemental tax rate applies and other details. Run categories are assigned to pay
groups.

Subject Wages

All of a worker's wages subject to a particular tax, including those for exempt positions and those that
exceed a wage cap. See Taxable Wages.

Sub-Period

Created when there is a change in a worker's compensation mid-period. Payments are prorated over
each sub-period according to the change in compensation and the settings on the Compensation
Element tab of Create Earning.

Supplemental Earning

Any compensation paid in addition to an employee's regular wages that includes, but is not limited to,
severance or dismissal pay, vacation pay, back pay, bonuses, moving expenses, overtime, taxable
fringe benefits, and commissions. In Workday, only supplemental earnings can be grossed-up.

Supported Retro Transaction

A type of transaction entered for a prior period, such as a retroactive compensation change, for which
the Retro Pay Calculation process can automatically recalculate employee earnings and deductions.

Taxable Wages

All of a worker's wages subject to a particular tax, excluding those for exempt positions and those that
exceed a wage cap. For example, in the U.S., OASDI has a wage limit of 110,100 for 2012. An employee
with 2 positions and total wages of 200,000 (60,000 of which is for a position that is exempt from FICA)
has subject wages of 200,000 and taxable wages of 110,100.

Unsupported Retro Transaction

A type of transaction entered for a prior period, for which Workday cannot automatically recalculate
employee earnings and deductions. Workday identifies these transactions for you, so that you can
manually enter the necessary adjustments.

Worker Eligibility

Used to identify whether, for whom, and what conditions to resolve an earning or deduction. On the
Criteria tab of Create Earning and Create Deduction.

Worker Tax Elections

A worker's marital status, number of elections, exemption status, and other information, as specified
through the Add Worker Tax Elections task.

5.Time Tracking Glossary

Auto-fill
A time entry method that copies time blocks from a worker's schedule or from a previous week onto
the current week on the time entry calendar.

Calculated Time

Result of applying time calculations to a worker's reported time. Automates application of company
or regulatory rules.

Calculation Priority

Calculation priorities specify the order in which time calculations execute.

Conditional Calculation

Time calculation that tags time blocks that meet certain conditions.

Day Breaker

The time of day on which a worker's work day and work week begins. Defines the 24 hour period over
which daily time calculations execute and the 168 hour period over which weekly time calculations
execute. Unless otherwise specified, the default day breaker is 12am.

Eligibility Rules

Eligibility rules define rules and criteria workers must meet in order to use specific time entry
templates, time entry codes, time calculations, and period schedules.

Micro-edit

The ability to edit existing time blocks or add time blocks directly to a day by double-clicking on the
time entry calendar.

Period Schedule

See Time Period Schedule.

Quick Add

A time entry method that enables you to create a time block and copy it to multiple days in a week.

Reported Time

A worker's time that has been entered onto the time entry calendar, but has not had any time
calculations applied.

Time Block

A time block carries information about a portion of time, such as the number of hours worked or
in/out times. Time blocks can be reported or calculated, but only calculated time blocks are pulled
into Workday Payroll.
Time Calculation

A set of rules to apply time calculation tags to calculated time blocks for Payroll or other purposes. For
example, you could create a time calculation to automatically convert regular hours into overtime
hours if a worker works more than 40 hours in a week.

Time Calculation Tag

Workday applies calculation tags to time blocks during time calculations. The tags map to payroll
earnings to drive how time blocks are paid and can be included in time off and accrual calculations.
You can also use them to display time and time off totals on the time entry calendar.

Time Clock Event

A time clock event describes a worker's actions, such as a check-in or check-out, on the web time clock
or an external collection system. Workday matches time clock events to form time blocks, which
workers can edit and submit using the time entry calendar.

Time Code Group

The primary use of time code groups is to determine which time entry codes a worker is eligible for.
Time code groups are assigned to a worker or to a position via eligibility rules.

Time Entry Calendar

A set of self-service pages that workers use to enter, edit, and view time.

Time Entry Template

A template defines how a worker's time entry calendar is configured. Workers are matched to time
entry templates through eligibility rules.

Time Entry Code

A time entry code describes the type of time a worker enters, such as worked time or meal allowance.
In order to use time entry codes you must attach them to time code groups, with the exception of the
default time entry code assigned to a time entry template.

Time Entry Validation

Errors or warnings that prevent users from entering invalid time. Critical validations prevent a user
from submitting time. Warnings appear on the time entry calendar but don't prevent the user from
submitting time.

Time Off

Reported time that is not worked. Common types of Time Off include sick leave, jury duty, and
vacation.

Time Period Schedule

A time period schedule defines which dates are available for entry at a given time and defines which
dates will be paid in which pay periods. They can line up with pay periods, or, in more complex
scenarios, they can be paid on a lag.

Time Shift

A grouping of consecutive time blocks that you can use in standard overtime calculations, time block
conditional calculations, and validations.

Time Type

Describes the time a worker enters onto his or her time entry calendar. They can include time entry
codes, projects, and time off.

Validation

See Time Entry Validation.

Work Week

A seven day period defined by a worker's start day of week and day breaker. By default, begins on
Sunday at midnight and ends on the following Saturday at 11:59 PM; however this can be configured
for a group of workers through the use of work schedule calendars. Used for time entry and time
calculations.

Work Schedule Calendar

In Time Tracking, you have the option of defining standard work patterns for workers, such as Monday
through Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Work schedule calendars are used for a variety of purposes
throughout Time Tracking.