Workday Workday-Pro-HCM-Reporting - Workday Pro HCM Reporting Certification Exam

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.

Workday offers several custom report types:Advanced, Matrix, Composite, Search, and Trending.

Advanced Reports: Allow sorting, filtering, grouping, totals, and charts but are not designed for percentage summarizations across grouped data.

Search Reports: Show search results based on facet filters, not suited for summarization and percentages.

nBox Reports: Used for displaying workers or positions across two dimensions (e.g., performance vs. potential).

Matrix Reports: Specifically designed for grouping data, applying summarizations (count, sum, percent), and drilling

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.

Workday dashboards allow organizations to present multiple reports together in a consolidated, highly visual, and interactive format. For C-level executives, who require acomprehensive and regional view of annual average base pay, dashboards are preferred over individual reports or worklets because they enable grouping and comparison across multiple data sets.

From the Workday binder:“Dashboards provide an interface to view charts and sheets all in one place. This enables managers and executives to analyze key metrics and trends so they can make better decisions.”. By organizing reports by region within a dashboard, executives can quickly compare averages, identify trends, and take strategic action without needing to navigate multiple reports.

Worklets are lightweight tiles often used for single reports or quick tasks on the Home page. However, this scenario requires anorganized collection of reports, makingD. A dashboard, because we need information from a collection of reports, organized by regionthe correct answer.

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.

To evaluate year-over-year changes in benefit costs and enrollments, you need historical data comparisons over time. TheTrending Reporttype is designed for exactly this use case, leveraging data sources likeTrended Workersto display snapshots at periodic intervals and calculate variances between time periods.

From the Workday binder:“Trending reports allow you to track changes to worker data across time. These reports support analysis of headcount, demographics, benefit enrollments, and cost variances year-over-year or month-over-month.”

Advanced and Matrix reports provide strong analysis capabilities, but they are based on current or related effective-dated data, not time-series snapshots. Composite reports combine multiple subreports but do not inherently manage trending data or variance calculations across years.

Therefore, the only correct option for year-over-year benefit enrollment and cost variance isD. Trending Report.

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.

Sorting in composite reports is determined at thecolumn level, not at the combine row or general report settings. If the output currently sorts by the last column, that is because the sort option was applied there. To change the sorting behavior to the second-to-last column and in descending order, you mustedit that specific column’s configuration.

From the Workday binder:“Composite reports allow sorting based on columns. To change sorting behavior, adjust the column configuration, specifying ascending or descending order.”

The other options are incorrect: “combine data row” merges subreport outputs, not sorting; “dynamic data row” generates flexible rows but doesn’t control sorting; and “report settings” manage prompts and scheduling, not output order.

Therefore, the correct action isB. Edit the second to last column.

Workday delivers manystandard (delivered) reportsthat are available to all customers. These reports are a great starting point but are not editable directly. If the delivered report does not meet your requirements, you shouldcopy it and then modify the copyto create acustom report. This ensures that you retain the delivered report as-is, while still tailoring the report output to your business needs.

From the Workday Module 1 and 2 Reporting sections:

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

“There still may not be a report that meets my specific needs though. In that case, I can either create a report from scratch orcopy a delivered report and make changes.”

“Standard reports are already available in all customer tenants and span across the functional areas in Workday. Workday creates standard reports using either the report writer tool or XpressO. However, you cancopy and modify reports created with report writer as needed.”

Therefore, the correct recommendation isto copy and modify the delivered Headcount By Job Profile report (Option D)instead of editing the original.