Now Assist Virtual Agent topics for HR Service Delivery Advanced Integration with Workday

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    Summary of Now Assist Virtual Agent topics for HR Service Delivery Advanced Integration with Workday

    The Now Assist Virtual Agent topics enable ServiceNow customers to interact with Workday HR data directly from Employee Center. Users can place requests or retrieve information such as applying for time off, viewing paychecks, or updating personal details through conversational chat interactions. To use these topics, customers must configure the Virtual Agent topics for HR Service Delivery Advanced Integration with Workday and have appropriate roles such as admin or HR-specific roles.

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    Available Virtual Agent Topics and Their Functions

    • Lookup Worker Profile: View coworker profiles by entering keywords in the chat. Displays profile details for specified users.
    • Update Personal Details: Update address, email, phone number, date of birth, or blood type through dedicated Virtual Agent topics.
    • Get User Paychecks: Retrieve payslip information including pay period, gross pay, deductions, and net pay for a specified date range.
    • Get Total Rewards: View total rewards information related to benefits and compensation.
    • Get Time Off Balance: Check current leave balances by querying the system via chat.
    • Request Time Off: Submit time off requests by specifying dates, which are then sent to Workday for processing.
    • Get Holiday Calendar: View the holiday calendar for a specified year within the chat interface.

    Practical Benefits for ServiceNow Customers

    These Virtual Agent topics enhance employee self-service by enabling immediate, conversational access to Workday HR functions without leaving Employee Center. This integration simplifies common HR interactions, reduces manual HR workload, and improves user experience by providing timely access to personal and payroll information, leave management, and rewards data.

    Key Prerequisites

    • Configuration of Virtual Agent topics specific to HR Service Delivery Advanced Integration with Workday.
    • User roles such as admin or designated HR roles to access and use these topics.

    Related Capabilities

    The integration also supports related tasks like changing legal names through Virtual Agent and reporting issues with payslips, facilitating a comprehensive HR service experience.

    You can use the Now Assist Virtual Agent topics in Employee Center to place requests, for example, apply for a time off or update your details from the Workday system in Employee Center.

    Virtual Agent topics for HR Service Delivery Advanced Integration with Workday Overview

    To access and use the Virtual Agent topics, verify the following:

    Available Spoke Subflows for Virtual Agent topics for HR Service Delivery Advanced Integration with Workday

    Table 1. Spoke subflow-topic mapping
    Virtual Agent Topic Feature Name Service Name Subflow
    Lookup Worker Profile Worker Management Get Worker Workday HR - Lookup Worker Profile
    Request Time Off Leave Management Time off balance Workday HR - Get Time off balance
    Create Time Off Request Workday HR - Request Time Off
    Get Time Off Balance Time Off Balance Workday HR - Get Time Off Balance
    Get Holiday Calendar Holiday Calendar Workday HR - Get Employee Holiday Calendar
    Get Total Rewards Benefits Management Total Rewards Workday HR - Get Total Rewards
    Get User Pay Checks Payroll Management Get Paychecks Workday HR - Get Employee Paychecks
    • Update Email Address
    • Update Address
    • Update Phone Number
    • Update Date of Birth
    • Update Blood Type
    Human Capital Management Update Personal Details Workday HR - Update Personal Details
    Worker Management Get Worker Workday HR - Lookup Worker Profile

    Lookup Worker Profile

    The Lookup Worker Profile Virtual Agent topic enables you to view the profile of a coworker. From Employee Center, open a chat window and type in key words, for example, worker profile. After you have specified the details of coworkers, worker profile details of one or more users are displayed.

    Lookup Profile 1 Lookup Profile 2

    Update Personal Details

    You can update personal details in Virtual Agent using one of the following topics in Employee Center from the Workday system.

    • Update Address
    • Update Date of Birth
    • Update Email Address
    • Update Phone Number
    • Update Blood Type

    Get User Paychecks

    The Get User Paychecks Virtual Agent topic enables you to view your payslip details. From Employee Center, open a chat window and type in key words, for example, get payslips. After you provide the required details such as start date and end date, your payslip summary, in the form of pay period, gross pay, deductions, and net pay are displayed. A detailed breakdown of deductions is also displayed.

    User Paychecks

    Get Total Rewards

    The Get Total Rewards Virtual Agent topic enables you to view your rewards. From Employee Center, open a chat window and type in key words, for example, rewards.

    Total Rewards

    Get Time Off Balance

    The Get Time Off Balance Virtual Agent topic enables you to view your leave balance. From Employee Center, open a chat window and type in key words, for example, leave balance.

    TimeOff Balance

    Request Time Off

    The Request Timeoff Virtual Agent topic enables you to apply for leaves. From Employee Center, open a chat window and type in key words, for example, request time off. After you have specified required details such as start date and end date, the time off request is sent to the Workday system.

    TimeOff 1 TimeOff 2

    Get Holiday Calendar

    The Get Holiday Calendar Virtual Agent topic enables you to view your holiday calendar. From Employee Center, open a chat window and type in key words, for example, holiday calendar. After specifying the calendar year, the holiday calendar appears in the chat.

    Holiday Calendar 1 Holiday Calendar 2