Approvals hub integration with Workday

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  • Updated July 31, 2025
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    Summary of Approvals hub integration with Workday

    The Approvals hub integration with Workday enables ServiceNow customers to access and manage active approvals from Workday directly within Employee Center Pro. This integration allows users to pull employee-related information such as time off requests, job changes, and compensation details from Workday into ServiceNow. Approvers can conveniently view, approve, or reject tasks without leaving the ServiceNow environment, enhancing productivity and streamlining approval workflows.

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    Application setup and prerequisites

    • Ensure the latest versions of key plugins are installed, including Employee Center Pro, HR Service Delivery Integration with Workday 3.0.0, Workday HR Spoke, Human Resources Scoped App: Core, and Enterprise Service Management Integrations Framework.
    • Requires HRSD Pro/Enterprise license with Employee Center Pro; the integration is not available for standalone Employee Center Pro.
    • Familiarize yourself with the Enterprise Service Management Integrations Framework and Workday HR Spoke, including connections and credentials setup.
    • Activate and run scheduled flows to pull Workday record details into ServiceNow.
    • Be aware that Request for Change Approvals (RCAs) generated post-installation require manual approval unless automated using the EC bulk RCAs approval script.

    Workday approvals workflow

    This integration supports managing various Workday approval request types (todos) from Employee Center Pro, including:

    • Job Change Requests
    • Job Requisition Requests
    • Leave of Absence Requests
    • Spend Authorization Requests
    • Termination Requests
    • Time Off and Correct Time Off Requests
    • Timesheet Requests
    • Compensation Change Requests

    These todos are available in Open and Completed statuses by default, providing approvers with detailed, in-context information to make informed decisions.

    Fetching Workday reports and configuration

    • Administrators can fetch report metadata from Workday and other business applications to view comprehensive reports on leaves, compensation, and other employee data within ServiceNow.
    • One-time configuration parameters allow the setup of task synchronization from Workday to ServiceNow, ensuring timely and accurate approval tasks are available.

    Enable easier access to all active approvals of external business applications such as Workday from Employee Center Pro. The Workday spoke is built by Bristlecone, Inc.

    Using Approvals hub integration with Workday, you can perform the following actions from Employee Center Pro:
    • Pull employee information from Workday for time off requests, correct time off request, leave of absence, timesheet, job change, job requisition, termination, spend authorization, and compensation details to a ServiceNow application.
    • View the Workday information from your ServiceNow instance.
    • Enable approvers to view, reject, and approve the tasks right from Employee Center Pro.

    Application setup

    Ensure you have the latest versions of the following plugins:
    • Employee Center Pro
    • HR Service Delivery Integration with Workday 3.0.0
      Note:
      Upgrade v2.0.6 to v 3.0.0
    • Workday HR Spoke
    • Human Resources Scoped App: Core (com.sn_hr_core)
    • Enterprise Service Management Integrations Framework. This framework is installed with Employee Center Pro.

    Prerequisites

    Before you start working on the Workday integration, get familiar with the following steps.
    Note:
    The RCAs that are generated after the installation are in the Requested state and you must manually mark the RCAs as Allowed, which can be time-consuming. To automate the RCA approvals for any record, you can run the EC bulk RCAs approval script where the source scope is one of the Employee Experience applications.

    Workday approvals workflow

    Improve productivity by managing third-party approval flows from Employee Center Pro. Here is a list of the supported Workday todos configurations.
    Table 1. Workday supported tables
    Todos configuration Table name
    Job Change Request Todos sn_hr_workday_job_change_request_todos
    Job Requisition Request Todos sn_hr_workday_job_requisition_request_todos
    Leave Of Absence Request Todos sn_hr_workday_leave_of_absence_request_todos
    Spend Authorization Request Todos sn_hr_workday_spend_authorization_request_todos
    Termination Request Todos sn_hr_workday_termination_request_todos
    Time Off Request Todos sn_hr_workday_time_off_request_todos
    Correct Time Off Request Todos sn_hr_workday_correct_time_off_request_todos
    Timesheet Request Todos sn_hr_workday_todo
    Compensation Change Request Todos sn_hr_workday_compensation_change_request_todos
    By default, todos configurations are available for Open and Completed.
    Note:
    For more information the field-level info about leaves, timesheets, timeoffs, compensation change, job change, job requisition, or leave of absence, see Workday HR Spoke.

    For additional reference information, see Approvals experience reference.