Workday - Search business objects (batch) action
The Search business objects action (batch) searches business objects you specify in Workday.
Input
| Input field | Description |
|---|---|
| Business object | Select the business object to search. |
| Request references | Use this section to retrieve specific instances of a business object and its associated data. |
| Response filter | Use this section to specify parameters to filter the response data. You can filter the returned data by dates and page attributes. |
| Fields with attributes | Select the fields that must have assigned attributes. These attributes are part of the XML tag of the selected field. |
| Fields with multiple values | Select the fields that repeat in the business object data. |
Additional or advanced input fields may be present for specific business objects.
How can I search for a worker using their Contingent Worker ID?
Complete the following steps to search for a worker by Contingent Worker ID:
1
Select Workers as the Business object.
2
Expand the Request references field.
3
Switch the Worker reference employee ID field to enter a custom value.
4
Enter Contingent_Worker_ID: and append the worker's employee ID in the Worker reference employee ID field.
Search for a worker by Contingent Worker ID
Business object types
This action supports searching Workday for the following business object types:
- Applicants
- Citizenship statuses
- Countries
- Job classification groups
- Job families
- Job family groups
- Locations
- Organizations
- Positions
- Student employment eligibility data
- Worker documents
- Workers
Output
| Output field | Description |
|---|---|
| Data | An array containing the search results. The structure of the output depends on the selected business object. |
| Results | An object containing metadata about the search. |
| Total results (results) | The total number of records that match the search criteria. |
| Total pages (results) | The total number of pages in the search results. |
| Page results (results) | The number of records included on this page or batch. This also represents the number of records retrieved in this job. |
| Page (results) | The page number processed in this job. |
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