With its integrated, cloud-based platform, Workday provides real-time analytics, customizable reports, and data visualization tools that help users easily access, analyze, interpret, and leverage critical business information.

This article explores the key features of Workday’s Business Intelligence tools, highlighting how they enhance data-driven decision-making and support organizational growth over time.

Creating a Unified View of Business Data

Workday Business Intelligence (BI) tools empower organizations to turn critical Workday and non-Workday data into actionable insights, driving smarter decisions across all business areas. These tools enable businesses to monitor key performance indicators, track trends, and uncover opportunities for growth and efficiency.

By leveraging Workday BI tools like Prismy Analytics and Reporting, companies can establish a single view of all critical workforce, operational, and financial data, making it easier than ever to access, analyze, and share sensitive data securely from any source.

Workday empowers organizations to understand key insights by allowing users to:

  • Access and consolidate important HR and financial data into a single, cloud-based platform
  • Establish and share actionable insights with key stakeholders to promote more informed decisions
  • Improve access control for decision-critical data by leveraging a single security model
  • Integrate data from any source via API, SFTP, browser-based file uploads, and other connectors
  • Access granular reporting for ad-hoc analysis of critical business data
  • Analyze trends in employee sentiment and behavior as the organization experiences growth

Key Features and Benefits

Here’s a closer look at the primary features and benefits of Workday’s Business Intelligence tools:

Actionable data insights

With a robust function library designed to prepare, consolidate, and share data from any source for reporting, analytics, and assessment purposes, Workday BI empowers users to turn their raw data into actionable insights. Here’s how:

  • Leverage intuitive visualization tools like discovery boards to analyze core data trends
  • Scan, filter, and consolidate data through intelligent point-and-click functionality
  • Access tabular previews of critical business data in real-time

Intuitive data visualization

By providing an intuitive, drag-and-drop environment for data analysis, Workday’s Business Intelligence tools make it easy to slice and dice across any data dimension, further improving visualization for all Workday Prism Analytics data. It allows users to:

  • Apply custom data filters to identify trends and patterns
  • Create personalized tables, charts, and other visualizations for better data analysis
  • Configure view-only or edit privileges to maintain secure control over business-critical data
  • Publish and share tables and charts through the Workday Reporting functionality

Data management and security

Workday allows users to manage, process, store, and secure critical data in a single catalog with intelligent search features, simplifying data management and promoting tailored analysis. Here’s a closer look at its key data management capabilities:

  • Manage access permissions and govern data through a centralized Workday Security platform
  • Leverage intelligent traceability into dataset creation and modification to improve data integrity
  • Facilitate automatic adaptation for roles and permissions whenever organizational change occurs
  • Utilize APIs and iPaaS connectors to connect any data from various sources

How Can We Help?

Whether you need help assessing your current Workday setup to identify areas for improvement, additional support configuring self-service reporting tools to meet end-user needs, or an extra hand facilitating effective integrations across your technical landscape, Surety Systems can help.

Our senior-level Workday consultants have the skills and experience to gain a complete picture of your organizational needs and ensure your internal teams are prepared for continuous improvement.

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