Guidelines for Creating Custom Reports in Backup & Recover for Workday

When you create custom reports in Backup & Recover for Workday, keep these points in mind.

The following guidelines must be followed when creating custom reports:

  • Reports must be marked “Advanced”.
  • Reports must be marked "Enable As Web Service".
  • A WorkdayID is a unique key for every object in Workday. Select the WorkdayID for each object selected in the custom report. This applies to both primary and secondary objects.
  • Do not select both "object" and "self reference object". Doing so may create duplicate rows.
  • Do not change the default value of “Column Heading Override XML Alias“ when creating reports for both columns and groups.
  • When attachments are selected in the report, add the following columns:
    • Base64_Image_Data
    • Content_Type
    • File Name