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jl20
Helper IV
7 years ago

Workday ERP connector

Hi all,   I was wondering if anyone has insight into reporting out of Workday on Power BI. It doesn't look like a native connector exists, so is the best workaround to schedule Workday reports to C...
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Anonymous
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7 years ago

jl20,

Does the Workday ERP system have any backend databases? Or does it have REST API or support OData Service?

In Power BI Desktop, it is possible to connect to database, or use OData feed connector/web connector to connect to OData Service/REST API.

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Lydia

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    jl20
    Helper IV
    7 years ago

    It's a SOAP API. The database is object-oriented, so it's unclear how I'd create the data model within PBI even if I was able to connect. Seems like I'd need to report out of Workday into a flat file and then load that into PBI. What do you think?

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      Chihiro
      Solution Sage
      7 years ago

      What I'd do is following.

       

      Have some script/code that runs on schedule to grab data from SOAP API. Have db with stored proc or have some process push data to db. This ensures you store it in the format that's easy to handle with PowerBI.

       

      Added benefit is that you can create Views and such for quick consumption by PowerBI.

       

      Do note that you'll need gateway server set up for this.