Workday Connector 16.7 Examples

The following examples show how to configure Workday Connector using Anypoint Studio:

Add a Fund to the Financial Management Service
Create a Position Request

Before You Begin

You must have:

Access to Workday
Your Workday username, password, and tenant name

Add a Fund to the Workday Financial Management Service

This example uses the Invoke operation to insert a fund in the Workday financial management service.

Configure HTTP Listener

Configure HTTP Listener to initiate a Mule flow when a call is made to the / account path on localhost, port 8081.

This example uses variables for some field values. You can either:

Replace the variables with their values in the code.
Provide the values for each variable in a properties file and then refer to that file from the connector configuration.

If you don’t know how to use a properties file, see Configuring Property Placeholders.

To configure HTTP Listener:

Create a new Mule project in Studio.
In the Mule Palette view, search for http and select the Listener operation:

Select the Listener operation in the Mule Palette view.
Drag the Listener operation onto the canvas.
In the Listener configuration, click + next to the Connector configuration field to add a global element.
Click OK to accept the defaults.
Set the Path field to /:

Figure 1. Set the Path field in the Listener configuration.

Add a Transform Message Component to Attach the Metadata

To add and configure a Transform Message component:

In the Mule Palette view, search for transform and select Transform Message:

Figure 2. Select Transform Message in the Mule Palette view.
Drag the Transform Message component onto the canvas, to the right of the Listener component.

In the Transform Message configuration, overlay the brackets in the Output section with this XML:

%dw 2.0
output application/xml
ns ns0 urn:com.workday/bsvc
---
{
  ns0#Put_Fund_Request @(ns0#Add_Only: true, ns0#version: "v36.0"): {
    ns0#Fund_Data: {
      ns0#Fund_Name: "I.M.F",
      ns0#Fund_Type_Reference: {
        ns0#ID @(ns0#'type': 'Fund_Type_ID'): "FUND_TYPE-6-3"
      }
    }
  }
}

The following XML shows sample input to the Transform Message component

<ns0:Put_Fund_Request xmlns:ns0="urn:com.workday/bsvc" Add_Only="true" version="v36.0">
  <ns0:Fund_Data>
    <ns0:Fund_Name>I.M.F</ns0:Fund_Name>
    <ns0:Fund_Type_Reference>
      <ns0:ID type="Fund_Type_ID">FUND_TYPE-6-3</ns0:ID>
    </ns0:Fund_Type_Reference>
  </ns0:Fund_Data>
</ns0:Put_Fund_Request>

The following screenshot shows the corresponding output, as it appears in the Output section of the Transform Message configuration:

Figure 3. Output in the Transform Message configuration

Add and Configure the Financial Management Operation

In the Mule Palette view, search for workday and select the Financial management operation.
Drag the Financial management operation onto the canvas, to the right of the Transform Message component.
In the Financial management configuration, click + next to the Connector configuration field to add a global element.
Configure the global element as follows:
- Configuration Name: My_Workday_Connection
- Connection: Basic authentication api
- Password: ${workday.password}
- Host Name: Leave the default, impl-cc.workday.com
- Tenant Name: ${workday.tenantName}
- Username: ${workday.userName}
Click Test Connection to ensure your username, password, and tenant name are correct.
Click OK.
In the properties window, select Put_Fund in the Operation field.

Add a Logger Component to Display the Response in the Mule Console

In the Mule Palette view, search for logger and select Logger (Core).
Drag the Logger component onto the canvas, to the right of the Financial management component.
Configure the following fields:

Field Value

Display Name

Enter Log Response.

Message

Enter `#[payload]`.

Level

Leave the default, INFO.
Save the project.
Test the app by sending a request to / on port 8081.
You will receive an XML response similar to this one:

Field	Value
Display Name	Enter `Log Response`.
Message	Enter `#[payload]`.
Level	Leave the default, `INFO`.

<wd:Put_Fund_Response xmlns:wd="urn:com.workday/bsvc" wd:version="v36.0">
    <wd:Fund_Reference wd:Descriptor="I.M.F">
        <wd:ID wd:type="WID">THE_WID_ID_NUMBER</wd:ID>
        <wd:ID wd:type="Fund_ID">FUND-6-399</wd:ID>
    </wd:Fund_Reference>
</wd:Put_Fund_Response>

XML for the Financial Management Example

Paste this code into the Studio XML editor to quickly load the flow for this example into your Mule app:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<mule xmlns:ee="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core" xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http"
	xmlns:workday="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/workday"
  xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core"
  xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation"
  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.mulesoft.org/
  schema/mule/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/workday
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/workday/current/mule-workday.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core/current/mule-ee.xsd">
	<http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_config" doc:name="HTTP Listener config" >
		<http:listener-connection host="0.0.0.0" port="8081" />
	</http:listener-config>
	<workday:config name="My_Workday_Connection" doc:name="Workday Config" >
		<workday:basic-authentication-api-connection password="${workday.password}" tenantName="${workday.tenantName}" userName="${workday.userName}" />
	</workday:config>
	<configuration-properties doc:name="Configuration properties" doc:id="72d0bd1d-5f2f-4a1b-8beb-d9a6eb596273" file="mule-artifact.properties" />
	<flow name="workday-13-test-exampleFlow" >
		<http:listener doc:name="Listener" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/"/>
		<ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message" >
			<ee:message >
				<ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
output application/xml
ns ns0 urn:com.workday/bsvc
---
{
  ns0#Put_Fund_Request @(ns0#Add_Only: true, ns0#version: "v36.0"): {
    ns0#Fund_Data: {
      ns0#Fund_Name: "I.M.F",
      ns0#Fund_Type_Reference: {
        ns0#ID @(ns0#'type': 'Fund_Type_ID'): "FUND_TYPE-6-3"
      }
    }
  }
}]]></ee:set-payload>
			</ee:message>
		</ee:transform>
		<workday:financial-management doc:name="Financial management" doc:id="8b0142df-896d-4074-9b4c-c0934648cd78" config-ref="My_Workday_Connection" operation="Put_Fund"/>
		<logger level="INFO" doc:name="Log Response"  message="#[payload]"/>
	</flow>
</mule>

Create a Workday Position Request

To create a Workday position request:

Create a Mule app in Studio.
Add and configure HTTP Listener as a source for your flow.
Set the Path field to /create_position and use the default configuration for the HTTP Listener connection.
Add the Transform component to your flow.

Provide this transformation script to DataWeave:

%dw 2.0

ns ns0 urn:com.workday/bsvc


output application/xml
---
{
  ns0#Create_Position_Request: {
    ns0#Business_Process_Parameters: {
      ns0#Auto_Complete: true,
      ns0#Run_Now: true
    },
    ns0#Create_Position_Data: {
      ns0#Supervisory_Organization_Reference: {
        ns0#ID @("ns0:type": "Organization_Reference_ID"): "SUPERVISORY_ORGANIZATION-6-226"
      },
      ns0#Position_Data: {
        ns0#Job_Posting_Title: "General Manager"
      },
      ns0#Position_Group_Restrictions_Data: {
        ns0#Availability_Date: "2019-07-06",
        ns0#Earliest_Hire_Date: "2019-07-08"
      },
      ns0#Edit_Assign_Organization_Sub_Process: {
        ns0#Business_Sub_Process_Parameters: {
          ns0#Skip: true
        }
      },
      ns0#Request_Default_Compensation_Sub_Process: {
        ns0#Business_Sub_Process_Parameters: {
          ns0#Skip: true
        }
      },
      ns0#Assign_Pay_Group_Sub_Process: {
        ns0#Business_Sub_Process_Parameters: {
          ns0#Skip: true
        }
      },
      ns0#Assign_Costing_Allocation_Sub_Process: {
        ns0#Business_Sub_Process_Parameters: {
          ns0#Skip: true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

From the Mule palette view, select the connector and drag the Recruiting operation next to Transform.
On the properties window:
- In the Operation, field select Create_Position.
  
  Ensure that the value for the Operation field is available as a menu item. The values become available once the connector loads the metadata. Do not type the value manually.
- In the Content field, leave the default, payload.
Set up, test, and save a Workday configuration for the connection to the Workday server, for example:
- Name: My Workday Config
- Connection: Basic Authentication Api
- Username: my_user_name
- Password: my_password
- Tenant Name: my_tenant_name
- Host Name: impl-cc.workday.com
If the connection test is unsuccessful, correct any invalid connection parameters and retest the connection.
Add the Logger component to your flow and set payload as the message.
Deploy and run the app.

To test the app, execute a PUT request to http://<Deployment_url>:8081/create_position from a browser or an app such as cURL.

Use the following input in the request body:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<ns0:Create_Position_Request xmlns:ns0="urn:com.workday/bsvc">
  <ns0:Business_Process_Parameters>
    <ns0:Auto_Complete>true</ns0:Auto_Complete>
    <ns0:Run_Now>true</ns0:Run_Now>
  </ns0:Business_Process_Parameters>
  <ns0:Create_Position_Data>
    <ns0:Supervisory_Organization_Reference>
      <ns0:ID ns0:type="Organization_Reference_ID">SUPERVISORY_ORGANIZATION-6-226</ns0:ID>
    </ns0:Supervisory_Organization_Reference>
    <ns0:Position_Data>
      <ns0:Job_Posting_Title>General Manager</ns0:Job_Posting_Title>
    </ns0:Position_Data>
    <ns0:Position_Group_Restrictions_Data>
      <ns0:Availability_Date>2019-07-06</ns0:Availability_Date>
      <ns0:Earliest_Hire_Date>2019-07-08</ns0:Earliest_Hire_Date>
    </ns0:Position_Group_Restrictions_Data>
    <ns0:Edit_Assign_Organization_Sub_Process>
      <ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
        <ns0:Skip>true</ns0:Skip>
      </ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
    </ns0:Edit_Assign_Organization_Sub_Process>
    <ns0:Request_Default_Compensation_Sub_Process>
      <ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
        <ns0:Skip>true</ns0:Skip>
      </ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
    </ns0:Request_Default_Compensation_Sub_Process>
    <ns0:Assign_Pay_Group_Sub_Process>
      <ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
        <ns0:Skip>true</ns0:Skip>
      </ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
    </ns0:Assign_Pay_Group_Sub_Process>
    <ns0:Assign_Costing_Allocation_Sub_Process>
      <ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
        <ns0:Skip>true</ns0:Skip>
      </ns0:Business_Sub_Process_Parameters>
    </ns0:Assign_Costing_Allocation_Sub_Process>
  </ns0:Create_Position_Data>
</ns0:Create_Position_Request>
</mule>

Workday responds as follows:

<wd:Create_Position_Response xmlns:wd="urn:com.workday/bsvc" wd:version="v36.0">
  <wd:Event_Reference>
  <wd:ID wd:type="WID">WID_VALUE</wd:ID>
  </wd:Event_Reference>
  <wd:Position_Reference>
    <wd:ID wd:type="WID">WID_VALUE</wd:ID>
    <wd:ID wd:type="Position_ID">P-11158</wd:ID>
  </wd:Position_Reference>
</wd:Create_Position_Response>

The logger displays this message:

{Create_Position_Response={Event_Reference={ID=WID_VALUE}, Position_Reference={ID=P-11158}}}