Workday Reports: Definitions and Key Features for Custom and Standard
Reports UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
To avoid creating new subreports for every composite.
Why should you reuse subreports in Composite Report-
Reusing improves eflciency, consistency, and reduces
ing?
maintenance effort in Composite Reporting.
Security rules applied to subreports carry over to the com-
How does security on subreports affect Composite Re-
posite. If a user can't access data in a subreport, they also
porting results?
won't see it in the composite report.
The data source is the most critical factor. Choosing broad
data sources (like "All Workers") can slow reports, while
How does the choice of Data Source affect report perfor-
narrower or indexed sources improve speed. Performance
mance?
should always influence data source selection in report
design.
Only hide prompts if they will never be needed. Otherwise,
What caution should be used with "Do Not Prompt at
users may lose critical filtering options when running the
Runtime" in Composite Reporting?
composite.
It removes the subreport's execution link from Workday
What does 'Exclude Execution Link from Search' do in
search results, keeping searches clean and ensuring users
Composite Reporting?
don't accidentally run subreports directly.
Each subreport runs as a separate query, so more sub-
How does subreport configuration impact performance in
reports = heavier performance impact. Eflcient design
Composite Reporting?
keeps composites running smoothly.
The more "Group By" fields included, the longer queries
How do "Group By" fields affect Composite Reporting
take to execute. Use them sparingly to improve perfor-
performance?
mance in composite reports.
Yes, they are still limited by Workday's system query and
Are composite reports subject to system limitations in
data volume limits. Keeping composites lightweight helps
Workday?
stay within limits.
, To control which details users see when drilling into data,
Why should you customize drill down in Composite Re-
improving usability and directing them to the most rele-
porting?
vant report or view.
Run the subreport independently of the Composite. This
isolates the subreport so you can confirm if errors or miss-
How can you test if a subreport is causing issues in a ing data originate within the subreport itself or are caused
Composite? by how it's joined in the composite. If the subreport works
fine alone, the problem likely lies in the control field or
mapping inside the composite.
Use the Print View from the Composite report. This shows
the actual structure and results of the composite, including
What view should you use to validate a Composite report? joins and groupings. It helps identify if data is misaligned,
duplicated, or missing due to control field or outline set-
tings.
Verify prompt mapping so nothing is hidden that
shouldn't be. If prompts are incorrectly hidden or not
What should you check for when mapping prompts in a mapped to the composite-level prompt, users may miss
Composite? critical filters (e.g., Supervisory Org, Date Range). This
can cause composites to return too much data, incorrect
results, or performance issues.
Look at Report Definition Usages to understand where the
report is being used. This ensures you don't accidentally
What should you review before making changes to a Com-
break dashboards, integrations, or other composites that
posite report?
depend on the same subreport. Reviewing usages pre-
vents downstream impact to business processes.
Check the security of all subreports. Security policies ap-
How does security impact troubleshooting in Composite plied at the subreport level cascade into the composite. If
Reporting? users don't see expected results, it may be due to their se-
curity group not having access to one or more subreports.
Reports UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT Answers
To avoid creating new subreports for every composite.
Why should you reuse subreports in Composite Report-
Reusing improves eflciency, consistency, and reduces
ing?
maintenance effort in Composite Reporting.
Security rules applied to subreports carry over to the com-
How does security on subreports affect Composite Re-
posite. If a user can't access data in a subreport, they also
porting results?
won't see it in the composite report.
The data source is the most critical factor. Choosing broad
data sources (like "All Workers") can slow reports, while
How does the choice of Data Source affect report perfor-
narrower or indexed sources improve speed. Performance
mance?
should always influence data source selection in report
design.
Only hide prompts if they will never be needed. Otherwise,
What caution should be used with "Do Not Prompt at
users may lose critical filtering options when running the
Runtime" in Composite Reporting?
composite.
It removes the subreport's execution link from Workday
What does 'Exclude Execution Link from Search' do in
search results, keeping searches clean and ensuring users
Composite Reporting?
don't accidentally run subreports directly.
Each subreport runs as a separate query, so more sub-
How does subreport configuration impact performance in
reports = heavier performance impact. Eflcient design
Composite Reporting?
keeps composites running smoothly.
The more "Group By" fields included, the longer queries
How do "Group By" fields affect Composite Reporting
take to execute. Use them sparingly to improve perfor-
performance?
mance in composite reports.
Yes, they are still limited by Workday's system query and
Are composite reports subject to system limitations in
data volume limits. Keeping composites lightweight helps
Workday?
stay within limits.
, To control which details users see when drilling into data,
Why should you customize drill down in Composite Re-
improving usability and directing them to the most rele-
porting?
vant report or view.
Run the subreport independently of the Composite. This
isolates the subreport so you can confirm if errors or miss-
How can you test if a subreport is causing issues in a ing data originate within the subreport itself or are caused
Composite? by how it's joined in the composite. If the subreport works
fine alone, the problem likely lies in the control field or
mapping inside the composite.
Use the Print View from the Composite report. This shows
the actual structure and results of the composite, including
What view should you use to validate a Composite report? joins and groupings. It helps identify if data is misaligned,
duplicated, or missing due to control field or outline set-
tings.
Verify prompt mapping so nothing is hidden that
shouldn't be. If prompts are incorrectly hidden or not
What should you check for when mapping prompts in a mapped to the composite-level prompt, users may miss
Composite? critical filters (e.g., Supervisory Org, Date Range). This
can cause composites to return too much data, incorrect
results, or performance issues.
Look at Report Definition Usages to understand where the
report is being used. This ensures you don't accidentally
What should you review before making changes to a Com-
break dashboards, integrations, or other composites that
posite report?
depend on the same subreport. Reviewing usages pre-
vents downstream impact to business processes.
Check the security of all subreports. Security policies ap-
How does security impact troubleshooting in Composite plied at the subreport level cascade into the composite. If
Reporting? users don't see expected results, it may be due to their se-
curity group not having access to one or more subreports.
