Workday Connector Release Notes - Mule 4

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Anypoint Connector for Workday is a software as a service (SaaS) solution developed by Workday comprising of a set of management applications that cover areas such as human resources management, staffing, recruiting, and performance management. Workday Connector requires an Enterprise license.

16.2.0

October 7, 2024

What’s New

  • The connector now supports the Workday OAuth Code Authentication Connection connection type to seamlessly integrate with OAuth2-compliant authorization servers. For more information, refer to Workday OAuth Code Authentication Connection Type.

  • The connector now supports the Unauthorize operation. For more information, refer to Unauthorize.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v40.0

OpenJDK

8, 11, and 17

16.1.1

June 14, 2024

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v40.0

OpenJDK

8, 11, and 17

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

DOCTYPE declarations are disabled to address reported XML External Entity Injection security vulnerabilities.

W-15200141

16.1.0

April 11, 2024

What’s New

  • This connector is now FIPS 140-2 compliant.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v40.0

OpenJDK

8, 11, and 17

16.0.2

January 23, 2024

What’s New

  • This connector is now compatible with Java 17.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v40.0

Open JDK

8, 11, and 17

16.0.1

November 29, 2023

What’s New

  • The com.google.guava library is upgraded to version 32.0.0-jre.

  • The org.jetbrains.kotlin library is upgraded to version 1.7.10.

  • The org.apache.santuario:xmlsec library is upgraded to version 2.2.6.

  • The org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on library is now removed.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v40.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

The following libraries are upgraded to address reported security vulnerabilities:

  • The com.google.guava library is upgraded to version 32.0.0-jre.

  • The org.jetbrains.kotlin library is upgraded to version 1.7.10.

  • The org.apache.santuario:xmlsec library is upgraded to version 2.2.6.

W-14388392

The org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on library is now removed.

W-14388392

16.0.0

May 4, 2023

What’s New

  • The connector is upgraded to Workday API version 40.0.

  • The connector now supports the ACA Partner Integrations and Student Transfer Credit operations.

  • The connector now throws the new WORKDAY:BAD_REQUEST error.

  • The com.fasterxml.jackson.core library is upgraded to version 2.15.0 to address reported security vulnerabilities.

  • The mule-soap-engine library is upgraded to version 1.7.2 to address reported security vulnerabilities.

  • The org-springframework library is upgraded to version 5.3.27 to address reported security vulnerabilities.

To learn more about the changes in this major release, see Upgrade Workday Connector.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v40.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

15.0.14

July 1, 2024

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

OpenJDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue Resolution ID

The overall stability and performance of the connector are improved.

W-15239656

15.0.13

October 18, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by removing the jsoup org.jsoup:jsoup:1.14.3.

W-11658649, W-11824232

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the Jackson Databind dependency from com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.2.1 to com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.14.0-rc1.

W-11853426

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the Apache Commons-Text dependency from org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.6 to org.apache.commons:commons-text:1.10.0.

W-11913986

15.0.12

July 22, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the HTTP Client dependency from org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.10 to org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient:4.5.13.

W-11436460

15.0.11

June 16, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

The connector no longer contains a policy violation in the sizeof-agent transitive dependency.

W-11074604

The connector now excludes unnecessary artifacts from a transitive dependency.

W-11279931

15.0.10

June 6, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

The connection validation now succeeds even if the user does not have access to the Performance_Management service.

W-11193505

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the Spring Framework library from org.springframework:spring-context:5.3.18 to org.springframework:spring-context:5.3.20.

W-11195299

15.0.9

May 12, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the Spring Framework library from org.springframework:spring-context:5.3.18 to org.springframework:spring-context:5.3.19.

W-11074603

15.0.8

April 29, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Optimized the connector to improve its overall stability and performance.

W-10574582, W-10574581, W-10574580, W-10574462, W-10574440, W-10574444, W-10574439, W-10574489, W-10574413, W-10574467, W-10574483

15.0.7

April 19, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the Mule SOAP Engine library from org.mule.connectors:mule-soap-engine:1.6.8 to org.mule.connectors:mule-soap-engine:1.6.9.

W-10933796

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the Spring Framework library from org.springframework:spring-context:5.1.6.RELEASE to org.springframework:spring-context:5.3.19.

W-11001897

15.0.6

April 11, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Optimized the connector to improve its overall stability and performance.

W-10663753

15.0.5

March 31, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Upgraded com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.12.6 to com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.13.2.1.

W-10920503

Upgraded org.mule.connectors:mule-soap-engine:1.5.0 to org.mule.connectors:mule-soap-engine:1.6.8.

W-10920497

15.0.4

January 27, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Upgraded library dependencies.

SE-24297

15.0.3

January 7, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Fixed reported security vulnerabilities by upgrading the XMLSec library from com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.2 to com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.12.6.

CONN-9842

Upgraded library dependencies.

CONN-9855

15.0.2

December 20, 2021

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Upgraded library dependencies.

CONN-9685

15.0.1

December 15, 2021

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Upgraded library dependencies.

CONN-9569

15.0.0

November 18, 2021

What’s New

  • Upgraded the Workday API to 37.0.

  • Added the Drive, Metadata Translations, and Org Studio operations.

To learn more about the changes in this major release, refer to Upgrade Workday Connector.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.3.0 and later

Workday API

v37.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

14.1.1

January 13, 2022

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v36.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Upgraded library dependencies.

CONN-9974

14.1.0

October 6, 2021

What’s New

  • Added the ability to include headers in requests.

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v36.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Removed the vulnerabilities caused by the XMLSec library.

CONN-8981

14.0.1

September 8, 2021

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v36.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Fixed Issues

Issue ID

Optimized the connector to improve its overall stability and performance.

COCN-443

14.0.0

March 15, 2021

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v36.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Features

  • Upgraded the Workday API to 36.0. (CONN-7708)

  • Added the Scheduling operation, which enables you to invoke the Workday Scheduling web service.

To learn more about the changes in this major release, see Upgrade Workday Connector.

Fixed Issues

  • None.

13.0.1

November 24, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v35.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Features

  • None.

Fixed Issues

  • The Encoding field was missing from the Advanced tab for the On Modified Objects source. (CONN-7215)

  • The connector logged a warning message for every HTTP call. (CONN-7216)

  • The On Modified Objects source exposed incorrect output metadata for the Worker_Descriptor field. (CONN-7217)

13.0.0

October 15, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v35.0

Open JDK

8 and 11

Features

  • Upgraded the Workday API to 35.0. (CONN-6946)

  • Added the Moments operation, which enables you to invoke the Workday Moments Web Service.

To learn more about the changes in this major release, see Upgrade Workday Connector.

Fixed Issues

None

12.1.0

August 28, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v34.0

OpenJDK

8 and 11

Features

Added support for client certificate (x.509) authentication.

Fixed Issues

None

12.0.2

June 23, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v34.0

Features

None

Fixed Issues

Fixing issues related to reading the time zone from the configuration of connector source operations.

12.0.1

May 15, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v34.0

Features

Updated multiple libraries to the latest version.

Fixed Issues

None

12.0.0

April 24, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v34.0

Features

  • Upgraded the Workday API to 34.0. (CONN-5640)

  • Added the Student Core operation, which enables you to invoke the Workday Student Core Web Service

  • Replaced the On New Objects input source with the On Modified Objects input source, which polls data more efficiently

  • Changed all operations so that they return headers as attributes

  • Added the ability to create response timeouts for the input source (On Modified Objects) and all connector operations by using the new Response Timeout and Response Timeout Unit fields

  • Split the connection timeout fields into value and time unit fields

For more information, see Upgrade the Connector to Version 12.0.

Fixed Issues

  • Unexpected error while consuming a web service operation. (SE-15544)

  • Metadata propagation error. (CONN-2127)

  • Workday trigger not working. (CONN-3822)

11.1.3

April 28, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v32.1

Fixed Issues

Fixed the error caused when an empty response was returned from the Workday API. (SE-15544)

11.1.2

February 5, 2020

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v32.1

Fixed Issues

Improved the tooltip for the Tenant Name parameter. (CONN-4741)

11.1.1

October 24, 2019

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v32.1

Features

Memory management improvements

Fixed Issues

None

Known Issues

  • When using Workday Connector in Anypoint Studio, depending on connectivity conditions, a timeout can occur while obtaining Workday metadata. See Increase Timeout in Studio in the Workday Connector documentation.

  • The only way to test connections between a Mule app and Workday is to have permissions for the Get_Degrees operation in the Performance_Management web service.

11.1.0

September 27, 2019

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v32.1

Features

  • Improved error handling. The validation WORKDAY:VALIDATION_ERROR and the processing WORKDAY:PROCESSING_ERROR error types were added.

  • The Workday 11.0.0 Max In Memory Size field name was changed in Workday 11.1.0 to In Memory Size. The type and description for this field stays the same.

Fixed Issues

None

11.0.0

July 16, 2019

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.1.1 and later

Workday API

v32.1

Features

  • Added support for Workday API version 32.1.

  • Added support for TLS.

  • Improved error descriptions.

Fixed Issues

None

10.0.1

June 21, 2019

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.0.0 and later

Workday API

v28.0, v29.0, v30.0

Features

None

Fixed Issues

Workday passwords that contained special characters (such as < > & ") caused connectivity issues. [SE-12090]

10.0.0

November 9, 2018

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.0.0 and later

Workday API

v28.0, v29.0, v30.0

Features

  • This connector now supports multiple versions of the Workday API.

  • New Object Trigger - You can now start a flow with the connector every time an object of a specific type is created.

Fixed Issues

None

9.2.0

March 15, 2018

Compatibility

Software Version

Mule

4.0.0 and later

Workday API

v29.1

Features

None

Fixed Issues

Fixed test connectivity