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To locate the correct fields and data sources for a custom report, Workday provides theBusiness Object Details report. This report displays all available fields, relationships, and related business objects that can be included in reporting. It ensures report writers can confirm which fields (e.g., Learning Content, Ratings, Popularity) are accessible for use.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“The report data source provides the view into the primary business object. This object gives you access to class report fields as well as links to related business objects.”

“The Business Object Details report is used to view which fields are available for reporting.”

Therefore, the correct answer isB. Run the Business Object Details report.

To captureproposed values from a business process event, you must use anevent-related business object. For example, a Staffing Event business object can provide both the current and proposed values of job, location, or compensation during a transaction.

The Workday binder clarifies:“The report data source provides the view into the primary business object. This object gives you access to class report fields as well as links to related business objects.”. By selecting anevent-related objectas the report’s data source, you can retrieve pending changes alongside existing values.

Other answers are insufficient: “effective dating” only retrieves data snapshots, and filters cannot detect “proposed” unless tied to the correct object. Lookup Value as of Date would return historical data, not future proposed changes.

TheWorkday Standard Reports reportlists all delivered reports and key attributes. Only standard reports created with theReport Writer toolcan be copied and modified into custom reports. The “Type” column indicates whether the report is a Report Writer report.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“Workday delivers standard reports that are available for all customers. If necessary, you can copy many of the Workday-delivered reports created with the report writer to create a custom report and modify it as needed.”

Thus, the correct indicator isC. The report shows Report Writer in the Type column.

Enabling a report as a worklet and assigning it to a dashboard does not automatically make it visible. The Recruiting dashboard (or any dashboard in Workday) must beconfigured to include the workletexplicitly. This is a common oversight—report designers assume that enabling a report as a worklet is sufficient, but the dashboard itself must be updated in configuration to display that worklet tile.

From the Workday reporting materials:“Dashboards provide an interface to view multiple worklets. Even if a report is enabled as a worklet, the dashboard configuration determines which worklets are visible to end users.”

Other options are less relevant: exceeding 100 rows only impacts loading performance, not visibility; security issues would typically block data, not hide the worklet entirely; and required setup applies to whether the worklet is optional or required, but it must still be added to the dashboard.

Thus, the correct reason isB. You need to configure the Recruiting dashboard to include the worklet.

In Workday Discovery Boards, visualizations such aspivot tablesare based on summarized and grouped data. When you choose togenerate a report from a Pivot Table visualization, Workday converts the visualization into aMatrix Reportthat includesonly a table, preserving the row and column groupings and summarizations used in the pivot.

The Workday HCM Reporting documentation states:

“When generating a report from a pivot table visualization, Workday creates a matrix report that reflects the grouped and summarized structure of the pivot.”

“Charts are not included when generating reports from pivot table visualizations; the output is a table-only matrix report.”

Advanced Reports are generated from non-pivot, row-based visualizations. XpressO is not used for discovery board–generated reports. Matrix reports with charts are created only when the visualization includes a chart component, which pivot tables do not.

Therefore, the correct answer isB. Matrix Report (with only a table).

Performance issues often occur when trending reports pull fields from related business objects instead of directly from theTrended Workers data source. This requires Workday to join across objects at runtime, slowing down report execution. To improve performance, you shouldadd the required field to the Trended Workers data source, ensuring the data is pre-joined and optimized for trending.

From the Workday binder:“To improve performance, add commonly reported fields directly to the Trended Workers object. Using related business object fields requires additional joins and increases report runtime.”

Creating calculated fields adds complexity rather than improving speed. Purging or re-creating trending data maintains system hygiene but does not address field-level performance.

Thus, the correct solution isA. Add the field to the Trended Workers data source.

When a report is scheduled to run at a recurring interval (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), Workday tracks this under theScheduled Future Processesreport. This task allows administrators and report owners to view when reports are set to run, the frequency of execution, and the schedule start and end dates. If a report stopped running after the new year began, the most likely cause is that the scheduling end date expired on December 31, meaning no new jobs were generated for the new year.

From the Workday Reporting binder:“Workday provides scheduling options to run reports at set frequencies. You can confirm upcoming scheduled report runs in the Scheduled Future Processes report.”This provides visibility into whether the report is still scheduled and when it is next expected to execute.

The other answers are incorrect: View Alerts relates to system notifications, Mass Operation Management is not for reporting, and Run History shows past runs but not future scheduling. The correct option isC. Scheduled Future Processes.

Workday’s configurable security model determines how much data a user can see in reports. If a user can only see their direct reports, they currently haveconstrained access. To view performance data for all workers, the user requiresunconstrained accessto the data source tied to the report field.

From Workday security documentation:

“Constrained security groups grant members access only to a subset of data… Unconstrained security groups grant users access to all target instances of a securable item.”

Therefore, the user needsD. Unconstrained access to the data source used in the report.

Matrix reports in Workday allow grouping of data, applying summarizations, and drilling into the summaries for deeper analysis . To calculatepercentages relative to the overall total, Workday provides a built-in summarization option called“Percent of Overall Total.”This option is applied to numeric summarizations like “Number of Hires.”

From the Workday Reporting Guide:

“Matrix reports allow you to group data, summarize the metrics for each grouping, and drill into the summarizations for further analysis.”

“You can apply different summarizations such as Count, Sum, Average, andPercent of Overall Totalon numeric fields.”(Matrix Report Options – Workday Module 1 Binder)

Therefore, to show thepercentage of hires per recruiter relative to the grand total across recruiters and regions, you would select“Percent of Overall Total”on the Number of Hires summarization.

When creating a custom report, filters restrict which data records are returned. Workday allows different comparison types for filters. The option“Value specified in this filter”lets you hard-code a condition (for example,Time Type = Part-Time), so the report consistently returns only part-time employees without requiring user input.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“Filter – Add conditions to filter the primary business object.”

“Prompts – You can further narrow and refine your report results by having the user complete prompt fields before they run the report… or usevalue specified in this filterfor fixed filtering.”

Therefore, the correct answer isC. Value specified in this filter.