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

TheSubstring Textfunction in Workday calculated fields extracts a portion of a string based on character position and length. To capture the area code from a phone number (e.g., the first three digits of a 10-digit number), you define the substring starting at position 1 with a length of 3.

From Workday Reporting documentation:

“Substring Text – Returns a portion of a text string based on a starting position and specified length.”

Example: Phone number 4155551234 → Substring(1,3) = 415.

Therefore, the correct choice isA. Substring Text.

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.

Access to report fields in Workday is governed bysecurity domains. If a user lacks access to the security domain that secures specific report fields, those fields will not appear in the report output for that user.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“A security group gets access to a security domain, which is a predefined set of related securable items. Securable items can include reports, tasks, data sources, andreport fields.”

Therefore, the correct answer isC. The second user does not have access to the domain that secures the field.

TheCustom Report Exception Audit reportidentifies errors in custom reports, such as missing security access. If a new report owner does not have access to one or more fields on the report, it will trigger acritical error.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“The Custom Report Exception Audit report identifies issues such as missing field access when ownership of a report is transferred.”

Therefore, the correct answer isA. The HR Analyst does not have access to all of the fields on the report.

TheWorkday Standard Reports reportlists all delivered reports and key attributes. Only standard reports created with theReport Writer toolcan be copied and modified into custom reports. The “Type” column indicates whether the report is a Report Writer report.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

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

Thus, the correct indicator isC. The report shows Report Writer in the Type column.

When creating custom reports and visualizations, calculated fields can transform values. To change positive counts into negative values (such as terminations in a waterfall chart), you use theArithmetic Calculationfunction. This function allows you to perform math operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) on numeric fields. By multiplying the Termination Count by -1, the result displays as a negative number.

From Workday Reporting documentation:

“Arithmetic Calculation – Performs mathematical operations on numeric fields. You can create new numeric outputs such as percentages, ratios, or negatives by applying arithmetic logic.”

Thus, the correct answer isC. Arithmetic Calculation.

Composite reports combine multiple subreports, and their summarizations depend on the fields configured in the subreports themselves. To enable consistent grouping and summarization across the entire composite report, theLocation field must be included as a Detail Data field in all the subreports. This ensures that each subreport provides the Location context required for composite-level summarization.

From the Workday binder:“Composite reports aggregate results from multiple subreports. To summarize or drill consistently on a specific field, that field must exist as a Detail Data field in all subreports included in the composite.”

If Location is only included in one subreport, summarizations in the other subreports would not align, and Location-based grouping would fail. Similarly, making Location drillable only affects drill-down options, not summary-level grouping across the composite.

Thus, the correct answer isA. Include Location as a Detail Data field in all the subreports.

If a recruiter sees an empty dashboard tile, the most likely cause isconstrained security access. Even though the dashboard is properly configured and the worklet is enabled, Workday’s security framework ensures that report results vary by user depending on their role and assigned constraints.

From the Workday Reporting binder:“Report results differ between users if security constraints apply. Constrained security groups grant access only to a subset of data… Unconstrained security groups grant users access to all target instances of a securable item.”.

In this scenario, the recruiter likely has constrained access to only their supervisory organization or region. As a result, the “Top New Applications by Job Profile” report returns no records in the worklet tile.

Other options are less likely: if the recruiter lacked access to the report entirely, the tile would not appear; required vs. optional dashboard configuration would not impact existing data visibility; and domain-level security applies to report access, not data filtering.

Therefore, the correct answer isC. The recruiter has constrained access to the report's data source or data source filter.

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.

TheLookup Related Valuefunction retrieves a value from a related business object. Since Compensation Group is not stored directly on the Worker object but instead through theJob Profilebusiness object, this function lets you traverse the relationship to return the related field into your report.

From Workday Reporting documentation:

“Lookup Related Value – Returns a field from a related business object. Use this to bring data from associated objects into a report when the field is not directly available on the primary object.”

Therefore, the correct answer isC. Lookup Related Value.

When creating a custom report, filters restrict which data records are returned. Workday allows different comparison types for filters. The option“Value specified in this filter”lets you hard-code a condition (for example,Time Type = Part-Time), so the report consistently returns only part-time employees without requiring user input.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“Filter – Add conditions to filter the primary business object.”

“Prompts – You can further narrow and refine your report results by having the user complete prompt fields before they run the report… or usevalue specified in this filterfor fixed filtering.”

Therefore, the correct answer isC. Value specified in this filter.

In composite reports, drill-down functionality is controlled at thecolumn level. By configuring drillable fields on the output columns, users can select values and view related details, such as worker name, location, and manager.

From the Workday documentation:“Drill-down values in composite reports are configured on columns. Columns can be set to include drillable fields, allowing users to select a value and view related data.”

Rows determine how data is grouped, prompts filter initial results, and subreports provide the raw data but do not directly control drillable field configurations.

Therefore, the correct configuration isC. In the composite report columns.