Workday-Pro-HCM-Reporting Workday Pro HCM Reporting Certification Exam Questions and Answers

Workday provides theScheduled Future Processes reportto review which reports are scheduled to run automatically. This report displays the recurrence details and execution times of all scheduled reports, allowing managers to confirm upcoming automated report runs.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“Workday provides scheduling options to run reports at set frequencies. You can confirm upcoming scheduled report runs in theScheduled Future Processes report.”

Therefore, the correct answer isD. The Scheduled Future Processes report.

Workday delivers manystandard (delivered) reportsthat are available to all customers. These reports are a great starting point but are not editable directly. If the delivered report does not meet your requirements, you shouldcopy it and then modify the copyto create acustom report. This ensures that you retain the delivered report as-is, while still tailoring the report output to your business needs.

From the Workday Module 1 and 2 Reporting sections:

“Workday delivers standard reports that are available for all customers. If necessary, you cancopy many of the Workday-delivered reports to create a custom report and modify it as needed.”

“There still may not be a report that meets my specific needs though. In that case, I can either create a report from scratch orcopy a delivered report and make changes.”

“Standard reports are already available in all customer tenants and span across the functional areas in Workday. Workday creates standard reports using either the report writer tool or XpressO. However, you cancopy and modify reports created with report writer as needed.”

Therefore, the correct recommendation isto copy and modify the delivered Headcount By Job Profile report (Option D)instead of editing the original.

When a report is scheduled to run at a recurring interval (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), Workday tracks this under theScheduled Future Processesreport. This task allows administrators and report owners to view when reports are set to run, the frequency of execution, and the schedule start and end dates. If a report stopped running after the new year began, the most likely cause is that the scheduling end date expired on December 31, meaning no new jobs were generated for the new year.

From the Workday Reporting binder:“Workday provides scheduling options to run reports at set frequencies. You can confirm upcoming scheduled report runs in the Scheduled Future Processes report.”This provides visibility into whether the report is still scheduled and when it is next expected to execute.

The other answers are incorrect: View Alerts relates to system notifications, Mass Operation Management is not for reporting, and Run History shows past runs but not future scheduling. The correct option isC. Scheduled Future Processes.

For amatrix report to be used as a subreportin a composite report, the group-by fields in the matrix report must align with the fields enabled for filtering and grouping in the composite report. If this alignment does not exist, Workday does not allow the matrix report to appear as a valid subreport option in the Sub Report Name dropdown.

From the Workday binder:“To include a matrix report as a subreport in a composite, the group-by fields of the matrix must match the fields enabled for grouping in the composite report. If these do not match, the matrix will not appear in the Sub Report Name selection.”

Other factors such as prompt defaults or filter settings may impact usability, but they do not prevent the matrix report from being selectable. The key dependency is thefield alignment between the composite and the matrix group-by fields.

Therefore, the correct answer isA. Check that every field in the composite report's set of fields that are enabled for filtering and grouping also exists as a group-by field in the matrix report.

Report groupsallow multiple reports to be bundled together and scheduled as a package to distribute at a set frequency. In this case, the HR analyst can group all diversity-related reports and schedule them to run automatically each month for the HR director.

The Workday documentation explains:“Workday provides additional reporting features such as sharing, scheduling, and exporting reports. Reports can be grouped into report groups for easier scheduling and delivery.”.

While Report Bursting is used for distributing a single report with different data slices (e.g., sending each manager their team’s results), it is not suited for bundling multiple different reports. Embedded analytics are dashboards, not scheduling tools. Alerts notify users of conditions but do not manage recurring report packages.

Therefore,Report Groupsis the correct method for scheduling multiple reports together.

Workday offers several custom report types:Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Search, and Trending.

Advanced Reports: Allow sorting, filtering, grouping, totals, and charts but are not designed for percentage summarizations across grouped data.

Search Reports: Show search results based on facet filters, not suited for summarization and percentages.

nBox Reports: Used for displaying workers or positions across two dimensions (e.g., performance vs. potential).

Matrix Reports: Specifically designed for grouping data, applying summarizations (count, sum, percent), and drilling

Workday’sReport Performance Loghighlights processing time contributors such as “Top Level Filter Time.” If this is high, the best practice is toreplace report filters with built-in data source prompts, since prompts restrict data earlier in processing, improving performance.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“To improve report performance, leverage built-in data source prompts instead of filters whenever possible. Prompts reduce the data set retrieved before filters are applied, minimizing filter processing time.”

Therefore, the correct answer isB. Use built-in data source prompts instead of filters.

Matrix reports in Workday allow for grouping, summarization, and drill-through capabilities. To let managersdynamically refine report results at runtime, you configureFacet Filters. Facet Filters enable users to filter the report output interactively, without modifying the underlying definition.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“Matrix reports allow grouping and summarization of data. You can also configurefacet filtersso users can dynamically refine report results by selecting values such as Hiring Source or Location.”

Thus, the correct way to let the recruiting manager refine the output isD. Configure Facet Filters.

Workday calculated fields allow users to manipulate dates, numbers, and text values. To calculate a new date based on an existing date field (e.g., Bonus Approval Date), you use theIncrement or Decrement Datefunction. This adds or subtracts a defined number of days, months, or years from the source date.

From Workday Reporting documentation:

“Increment or Decrement Date – Returns a date that is a specified number of days, months, or years before or after the value of the source date field.”

Example: If the Bonus Approval Date is 01/01/2025, adding 60 days using this function would return 03/02/2025.

Thus, the correct choice isA. Increment or Decrement Date.

Workday’s configurable security model determines how much data a user can see in reports. If a user can only see their direct reports, they currently haveconstrained access. To view performance data for all workers, the user requiresunconstrained accessto the data source tied to the report field.

From Workday security documentation:

“Constrained security groups grant members access only to a subset of data… Unconstrained security groups grant users access to all target instances of a securable item.”

Therefore, the user needsD. Unconstrained access to the data source used in the report.

TheReport Fields and Valuesoption is available via theRelated Actions iconfor fields on worker profiles. This is the quickest way to see whichbusiness objectis tied to the field (e.g., Job Profile) and which field values are available for reporting.

From the Workday documentation:

“To determine which business object a field belongs to and the values available for that field, select the Related Actions > Reporting > Report Fields and Values option.”

Thus, the quickest method isB. Select the job profile’s Related Actions icon and select Reporting > Report Fields and Values.

Sorting in composite reports is determined at thecolumn level, not at the combine row or general report settings. If the output currently sorts by the last column, that is because the sort option was applied there. To change the sorting behavior to the second-to-last column and in descending order, you mustedit that specific column’s configuration.

From the Workday binder:“Composite reports allow sorting based on columns. To change sorting behavior, adjust the column configuration, specifying ascending or descending order.”

The other options are incorrect: “combine data row” merges subreport outputs, not sorting; “dynamic data row” generates flexible rows but doesn’t control sorting; and “report settings” manage prompts and scheduling, not output order.

Therefore, the correct action isB. Edit the second to last column.