Unlocking business agility with Workday Extend
Workday has long been known for its robust HR and financial management platform that offers a unified experience for its users. However, the platform’s limited extensibility has been a pain point for many customers who want to customize it further to meet their unique business needs. That’s where Workday Extend comes in, empowering customers and partners to build a custom Workday and extend Workday’s capabilities to create a more tailored experience.
What is Workday Extend?
Workday Extend is a powerful platform that allows customers and partners to build custom applications and extend the capabilities of Workday to meet their unique business needs. With Extend, users can build their own screens, objects, and APIs within the same technology stack used by Workday’s developers for the core product.
Since its release in May 2020, Extend has provided a highly configurable solution for business analysts to extend Workday using the Workday designer tool. By using the ‘Power of One’ technology, Workday Extend enables organizations to provide employees with the same familiar end-user experience while leveraging the same single source of data and security model.
Benefits of Workday Extend
Using Workday technology to build custom applications can bring several benefits to your business processes, organization, and, most importantly, your people. Here are some key advantages to consider:
- Tailored Solutions – With Extend, you can create custom applications that address specific business needs, ensuring that your employees have access to the exact functionality they require.
- Enhanced Security – Leveraging Workday’s robust security framework, custom applications built with Workday Extend can ensure that your data remains secure.
- Streamlined End-User Experience – By building custom applications using Workday technology, you can ensure a seamless and consistent end-user experience, which can boost end-user adoption and satisfaction.
- Agility – With Workday Extend, you can unlock new value for your organization, increasing organizational agility.
Considerations before getting started
Before you start building custom applications with Workday Extend, there are several things to consider:
- Is the problem solvable with Extend?
- Should the problem be solved with Extend?
- Does Workday already have this functionality?
- Is this functionality on Workday’s feature roadmap?
- Does the solution require third-party technology?
- Does the solution leverage the Power of One?
Use Cases for Workday Extend
It can help address unique business needs and functionality that doesn’t exist in Workday. Here are some examples of apps that can be developed using Extend:
- Charitable Giving
- Onboarding
- Year at a Glance
- Vehicle Registration
- Report Requests
- CV/Resume Generator
- Degree Approval
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible Work Arrangement
- Promotion Nomination
- Sales Opportunity Tracker
- Transit Route Search
- Supplier Managed Requisitions
- Project-Based Feedback
- Talent Insights
- Peer/Mentor Matching