Workday - Search business objects action (batch)

The Search business objects action (batch) searches business objects you specify in Workday.

Input

Input field	Description
Business object	Select the business object to search.
Request references	Use this section to retrieve specific instances of a business object and its associated data.
Response filter	Use this section to specify parameters to filter the response data. You can filter the returned data by dates and page attributes.
Fields with attributes	Select the fields that must have assigned attributes. These attributes are part of the XML tag of the selected field.
Fields with multiple values	Select the fields that repeat in the business object data.

Additional or advanced input fields may be present for specific business objects.

How can I search for a worker using their Contingent Worker ID?

Complete the following steps to search for a worker by Contingent Worker ID:

1

Select Workers as the Business object.

2

Expand the Request references field.

3

Switch the Worker reference employee ID field to enter a custom value.

4

Enter Contingent_Worker_ID: and append the worker's employee ID in the Worker reference employee ID field.

Search for a worker by Contingent Worker ID

Business object types

This action supports searching Workday for the following business object types:

• Applicants
• Citizenship statuses
• Countries
• Job classification groups
• Job families
• Job family groups
• Locations
• Organizations
• Positions
• Student employment eligibility data
• Worker documents
• Workers

Output

Output field	Description
Data	An array containing the search results. The structure of the output depends on the selected business object.
Results	An object containing metadata about the search.
Total results (results)	The total number of records that match the search criteria.
Total pages (results)	The total number of pages in the search results.
Page results (results)	The number of records included on this page or batch. This also represents the number of records retrieved in this job.
Page (results)	The page number processed in this job.