Workday Drivers & Connectors
for Data Integration

Connect to Workday from BI, analytics, and reporting tools through standards-based drivers. Easily integrate Workday data with BI, Reporting, Analytics, ETL Tools, and Custom Solutions.


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BI & Analytics



Our drivers offer the fastest and easiest way to connect real-time Workday data with BI, analytics, reporting and data visualization technologies. They provide unmatched query performance, comprehensive access to Workday data and metadata, and seamlessly integrate with your favorite analytics tools.

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Popular BI & Analytics Integrations



Alteryx Designer: Prepare, Blend, and Analyze Workday in Alteryx Designer (ODBC) Alteryx Designer: Work with Live Workday Data in Alteryx Designer (Connect Cloud) Amazon QuickSight: Build Interactive Dashboards from Workday Data in Amazon QuickSight Amazon SageMaker: Integrate Live Workday data into Amazon SageMaker Canvas Aqua Data Studio: Connect to Workday in Aqua Data Studio AWS Databricks: Process & Analyze Workday Data in Databricks (AWS) Azure Analysis Services: Model Workday Data Using Azure Analysis Services Birst: Build Visualizations of Workday in Birst BIRT: Design BIRT Reports on Workday Clear Analytics: Build Charts with Workday in Clear Analytics Cognos Analytics (On-Prem): Analyze Workday Data in Cognos Analytics DBxtra: Build Dashboards with Workday in DBxtra Domo: Create Datasets from Workday in Domo Workbench Dundas BI: Build Dashboards with Workday in Dundas BI Excel (on Mac OS): Work with Workday Data in MS Excel on Mac OS X FineReport: Feed Workday into FineReport Google Sheets: Access Live Workday Data in Google Sheets IBM Cognos BI: Create Data Visualizations in Cognos BI with Workday Infragistics Reveal: Analyze Workday Data in Infragistics Reval JasperServer: Create Workday Reports on JasperReports Server Jaspersoft BI Suite: Connect to Workday in Jaspersoft Studio JReport Designer: Integrate with Workday in JReport Designer Klipfolio: Create Workday-Connected Visualizations in Klipfolio KNIME: Enable the Workday JDBC Driver in KNIME LINQPad: Working with Workday in LINQPad Looker: Analyze Workday Data in Looker Looker Studio: Create Reports from Workday Data in Looker Studio Metabase: Create Interactive Workday-Connected Metabase Dashboards Microsoft Excel: Access Live Workday Data in Excel Desktop Microsoft Excel for the Web: Access Live Workday Data in Excel for the Web Microsoft SSAS: Build an OLAP Cube in SSAS from Workday MicroStrategy: Connect to Live Workday Data in MicroStrategy through Connect Cloud MicroStrategy: Use the CData JDBC Driver for Workday in MicroStrategy Microstrategy Desktop: Use the CData JDBC Driver for Workday in MicroStrategy Desktop Microstrategy Web: Use the CData JDBC Driver for Workday in MicroStrategy Web Mode Analytics: Create Workday-Connected Visualizations in Mode OBIEE: Workday Reporting in OBIEE with the Workday JDBC Driver pandas: Use pandas to Visualize Workday in Python Pentaho Report Designer: Integrate Workday in the Pentaho Report Designer Power BI Desktop: Author Power BI Reports on Real-Time Workday Power BI Service: Visualize Live Workday Data in the Power BI Service Power Pivot: Access Workday Data in Microsoft Power Pivot Power Query: Access Workday Data in Microsoft Power Query Qlik Cloud: Create Apps from Workday Data in Qlik Sense Cloud QlikView: Connect to and Query Workday in QlikView over ODBC R: Analyze Workday in R (JDBC) R: Analyze Workday in R (ODBC) RapidMiner: Connect to Workday in RapidMiner Redash: Build Workday-Connected Dashboards in Redash SAP Analytics Cloud: Analyze Workday Data in SAP Analytics Cloud SAP Business Objects: Create an SAP BusinessObjects Universe on the CData JDBC Driver for Workday SAP Crystal Reports: Publish Reports with Workday in Crystal Reports SAS: Use the CData ODBC Driver for Workday in SAS for Real-Time Reporting and Analytics SAS JMP: Use the CData ODBC Driver for Workday in SAS JMP SAS Viya: Analyze Live Workday Data in SAS Viya Sisense: Visualize Live Workday in Sisense Spago BI: Connect to Workday in SpagoBI Tableau: Visualize Workday in Tableau Desktop Tableau Cloud: Build Workday Visualizations in Tableau Cloud Tableau Server: Publish Workday-Connected Dashboards in Tableau Server TIBCO Spotfire: Visualize Workday in TIBCO Spotfire through ADO.NET TIBCO Spotfire: Visualize Workday Data in TIBCO Spotfire TIBCO Spotfire Server: Operational Reporting on Workday from Spotfire Server Zoho Analytics: Create Workday-Connected Dashboards in Zoho Analytics

ETL, Replication, & Warehousing



From drivers and adapters that extend your favorite ETL tools with Workday connectivity to ETL/ELT tools for replication — our Workday integration solutions provide robust, reliable, and secure data movement.

Connect your RDBMS or data warehouse with Workday to facilitate operational reporting, offload queries and increase performance, support data governance initiatives, archive data for disaster recovery, and more.


Popular Data Warehousing Integrations



Airbyte: Connect to Workday Data in Airbyte ELT Pipelines Amazon Redshift: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Amazon Redshift Amazon S3: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Amazon S3 Apache Airflow: Bridge Workday Connectivity with Apache Airflow Apache Camel: Integrate with Workday using Apache Camel Apache Cassandra: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Apache Cassandra Apache Kafka: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Apache Kafka Apache NiFi: Bridge Workday Connectivity with Apache NiFi AWS Glue: Build ETL Jobs with Workday Data in AWS Glue Jobs Azure Data Factory: Import Workday Data Using Azure Data Factory Azure Data Lake: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Azure Data Lake Azure Synapse: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Azure Synapse BIML: Use Biml to Build SSIS Tasks to Replicate Workday to SQL Server CloverDX: Connect to Workday in CloverDX (formerly CloverETL) Couchbase: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Couchbase CSV: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Local Delimited Files Databricks: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Databricks FoxPro: Work with Workday in FoxPro Google AlloyDB: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Google AlloyDB Google BigQuery: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Google BigQuery Google Cloud SQL: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Google Cloud SQL Google Data Fusion: Build Workday-Connected ETL Processes in Google Data Fusion Heroku / Salesforce Connect: Replicate Workday for Use in Salesforce Connect HULFT Integrate: Connect to Workday in HULFT Integrate IBM DB2: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to IBM DB2 Informatica Cloud: Integrate Workday in Your Informatica Cloud Instance Informatica PowerCenter: Create Informatica Mappings From/To a JDBC Data Source for Workday Jaspersoft ETL: Connect to Workday in Jaspersoft Studio Microsoft Access: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Microsoft Access Microsoft Azure Tables: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Azure SQL Microsoft Power Automate: Build Workday-Connected Automated Tasks with Power Automate (Desktop) MongoDB: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to MongoDB MySQL: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to MySQL Oracle Data Integrator: ETL Workday in Oracle Data Integrator Oracle Database: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Oracle petl: Extract, Transform, and Load Workday in Python PostgreSQL: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to PostgreSQL Replicate to MySQL: Replicate Workday to MySQL with PowerShell SAP HANA: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to SAP HANA SingleStore: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to SingleStore SnapLogic: Integrate Workday with External Services using SnapLogic Snowflake: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to Snowflake SQL Server: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to SQL Server SQL Server Linked Server: Connect to Workday Data as a SQL Server Linked Server SQLite: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to SQLite Talend: Connect to Workday and Transfer Data in Talend UiPath Studio: Create an RPA Flow that Connects to Workday in UiPath Studio Vertica: Automated Continuous Workday Replication to a Vertica Database

Workflow & Automation Tools



Connect to Workday from popular data migration, ESB, iPaaS, and BPM tools.

Our drivers and adapters provide straightforward access to Workday data from popular applications like BizTalk, MuleSoft, SQL SSIS, Microsoft Flow, Power Apps, Talend, and many more.

Popular Workflow & Automation Tool Integrations



Developer Tools & Technologies



The easiest way to integrate with Workday from anywhere. Our Workday drivers offer a data-centric model for Workday that dramatically simplifies integration — allowing developers to build higher quality applications, faster than ever before. Learn more about the benefits for developers:



Popular Developer Integrations



.NET Charts: DataBind Charts to Workday .NET QueryBuilder: Rapidly Develop Workday-Driven Apps with Active Query Builder Angular JS: Using AngularJS to Build Dynamic Web Pages with Workday Apache Spark: Work with Workday in Apache Spark Using SQL AppSheet: Create Workday-Connected Business Apps in AppSheet Bubble.io: Build Workday-Connected Apps in Bubble C++Builder: DataBind Controls to Workday Data in C++Builder Choreo: Build Custom Apps on Workday Data in Choreo ColdFusion: Query Workday in ColdFusion Using JDBC ColdFusion: Query Workday in ColdFusion Using ODBC Dash: Use Dash & Python to Build Web Apps on Workday Delphi: DataBind Controls to Workday Data in Delphi DevExpress: DataBind Workday to the DevExpress Data Grid EF - Code First: Access Workday with Entity Framework 6 EF - LINQ: LINQ to Workday EF - MVC: Build MVC Applications with Connectivity to Workday Filemaker Pro: Bidirectional Access to Workday from FileMaker Pro Filemaker Pro (on Mac): Bidirectional Access to Workday from FileMaker Pro (on Mac) Go: Write a Simple Go Application to work with Workday on Linux Google Apps Script: Connect to Workday Data in Google Apps Script Hibernate: Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) with Workday Entities in Java IntelliJ: Connect to Workday in IntelliJ JBoss: Connect to Workday from a Connection Pool in JBoss JDBI: Create a Data Access Object for Workday using JDBI JRuby: Connect to Workday in JRuby Mendix: Build Workday-Connected Apps in Mendix Microsoft Power Apps: Integrate Live Workday Data into Custom Business Apps Built in Power Apps NodeJS: Query Workday Data in Node.js (via Connect Cloud) NodeJS: Query Workday through ODBC in Node.js OutSystems: Create Workday-Connected Enterprise Applications in OutSystems PHP: Access Workday in PHP through Connect Server PHP: Natively Connect to Workday in PHP PowerBuilder: Connect to Workday from PowerBuilder PowerShell: Pipe Workday to CSV in PowerShell PyCharm: Using the CData ODBC Driver for Workday in PyCharm Python: Connect to Workday in Python on Linux/UNIX React: Build Dynamic React Apps with Workday Data Ruby: Connect to Workday in Ruby RunMyProcess: Connect to Workday Data in RunMyProcess RunMyProcess DSEC: Connect to Workday in DigitalSuite Studio through RunMyProcess DSEC SAP UI5: Integrate Real-Time Access to Workday in SAPUI5 MVC Apps Servoy: Build Workday-Connected Apps in Servoy Spring Boot: Access Live Workday Data in Spring Boot Apps SQLAlchemy: Use SQLAlchemy ORMs to Access Workday in Python Tomcat: Configure the CData JDBC Driver for Workday in a Connection Pool in Tomcat Unqork: Create Workday-Connected Applications in Unqork VCL App (RAD Studio): Build a Simple VCL Application for Workday WebLogic: Connect to Workday from a Connection Pool in WebLogic


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Frequently Asked Workday Driver Questions

Learn more about Workday drivers & connectors for data and analytics integration


Workday is a cloud-based software platform that provides a suite of financial management and human capital management (HCM) applications. It is designed to help organizations streamline their business processes related to finance, human resources, and planning. Workday is used by businesses and organizations to improve efficiency, enhance collaboration, and gain insights into their workforce and financial performance. It is popular among medium to large-sized enterprises and is known for its cloud-based, scalable, and user-friendly approach to enterprise resource planning (ERP) and human capital management.

The Workday driver acts like a bridge that facilitates communication between various applications and Workday, allowing the application to read data as if it were a relational database. The Workday driver abstracts the complexities of Workday APIs, authentication methods, and data types, making it simple for any application to connect to Workday data in real-time via standard SQL queries.

Working with a Workday Driver is different than connecting with Workday through other means. Workday API integrations require technical experience from a software developer or IT resources. Additionally, due to the constant evolution of APIs and services, once you build your integration you have to constantly maintain Workday integration code moving forward.

By comparison, our Workday Drivers offer codeless access to live Workday data for both technical and non-technical users alike. Any user can install our drivers and begin working with live Workday data from any client application. Because our drivers conform to standard data interfaces like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET etc. they offer a consistent, maintenance-free interface to Workday data. We manage all of the complexities of Workday integration within each driver and deploy updated drivers as systems evolve so your applications continue to run seamlessly.

If you need truly zero-maintenance integration, check out connectivity to Workday via CData Connect Cloud. With Connect Cloud you can configure all of your data connectivity in one place and connect to Workday from any of the available Cloud Drivers and Client Applications. Connectivity to Workday is managed in the cloud, and you never have to worry about installing new drivers when Workday is updated.

Many organizations draw attention to their library of connectors. After all, data connectivity is a core capability needed for applications to maximize their business value. However, it is essential to understand exactly what you are getting when evaluating connectivity. Some vendors are happy to offer connectors that implement basic proof-of-concept level connectivity. These connectors may highlight the possibilities of working with Workday, but often only provide a fraction of capability. Finding real value from these connectors usually requires additional IT or development resources.

Unlike these POC-quality connectors, every CData Workday driver offers full-featured Workday data connectivity. The CData Workday drivers support extensive Workday integration, providing access to all of the Workday data and meta-data needed by enterprise integration or analytics projects. Each driver contains a powerful embedded SQL engine that offers applications easy and high-performance access to all Workday data. In addition, our drivers offer robust authentication and security capabilities, allowing users to connect securely across a wide range of enterprise configurations. Compare drivers and connectors to read more about some of the benefits of CData's driver connectivity.

With our drivers and connectors, every data source is essentially SQL-based. The CData Workday driver contains a full SQL-92 compliant engine that translates standard SQL queries into Workday API calls dynamically. Queries are parsed and optimized for each data source, pushing down as much of the request to Workday as possible. Any logic that can not be pushed to Workday is handled transparently client-side by the driver/connector engine. Ultimately, this means that Workday looks and acts exactly like a database to any client application or tool. Users can integrate live Workday connectivity with ANY software solution that can talk to a standard database.

The Workday drivers and connectors offer comprehensive access to Workday data. Our Workday driver exposes static and dynamic data and metadata, providing universal access to Workday data for any enterprise analytics or data mangement use. To explore the Workday driver data model, please review the edition-specific Workday driver documentation.

Using the CData Workday drivers and connectors, Workday can be easily integrated with almost any application. Any software or technology that can integrate with a database or connect with standards-based drivers like ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, etc., can use our drivers for live Workday data connectivity. Explore some of the more popular Workday data integrations online.

Additionally, since Workday supported by CData Connect Cloud, we enable all kinds of new Workday cloud integrations.

Workday Analytics and Workday Cloud BI integration is universally supported for BI and data science. In addition, CData provides native client connectors for popular analytics applications like Power BI, Tableau, and Excel that simplify Workday data integration. Additionally, native Python connectors are widely available for data science and data engineering projects that integrate seamlessly with popular tools like Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash, and Petl.

Workday data integration is typically enabled with CData Sync, a robust any-to-any data pipeline solution that is easy to set up, runs everywhere, and offers comprehensive enterprise-class features for data engineering. CData Sync makes it easy to replicate Workday data any database or data warehouse, and maintain parity between systems with automated incremental Workday replication. In addition, our Workday drivers and connectors can be easily embedded into a wide range of data integration tools to augment existing solutions.

Absolutely. The best way to integrate Workday with Excel is by using the CData Connect Cloud Excel Add-In. The Workday Excel Add-In provides easy Workday integration directly from Microsoft Excel Desktop, Mac, or Web (Excel 365). Simply configure your connection to Workday from the easy-to-use cloud interface, and access Workday just like you would another native Excel data source.