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

In Discovery Boards, drill behavior is defined in theDrill By field list. To add Worker as a drillable option in just one visualization, the analyst canoverride the Drill By list in the Configuration Panelof that visualization. This allows Worker to appear as a drill dimension without altering the defaults applied across other visualizations.

From the Workday documentation:“You can override Drill By field lists in the visualization configuration panel. This enables drill customization on a per-visualization basis without impacting other discovery boards.”

The other options are less appropriate: Maintain Field Lists changes the default for all boards; adding Worker as a dimension affects grouping, not drilling; and sheet filter controls allow filtering but do not add drill options.

Thus, the correct choice isD. Override the Drill By field list and add Worker in the Configuration Panel for this visualization.

In composite reports,summarizations are driven by Detail Data fieldsprovided by each subreport. If you want to summarize results consistently byLocation across the entire composite report, Location must exist as aDetail Data field in every subreport.

Workday requires this consistency because composite-level summarizations rely on common fields across all subreports. If Location is missing from even one subreport’s detail data, Workday cannot reliably aggregate or align summarizations by that field.

From the Workday HCM Reporting documentation:

“To summarize composite report data by a specific field, that field must be included as detail data in all subreports.”

“Drillable fields enable navigation but do not support composite-level summarization.”

Including Location as drillable only affects drill-down behavior, not summarization. Including it in only one subreport results in incomplete aggregation.

Workday maintains ashared WDSetup tenantwhere customers can access the latest delivered content, including reports, dashboards, and calculated field templates. Customers must log in through theWorkday Community portalto access this tenant.

From the Workday binder:“The WDSetup tenant provides shared configuration content maintained by Workday. Customers can access the tenant through Workday Community to review the latest delivered reports and dashboards.”

The other options are incorrect: Object Transporter (OX) migrates content between customer tenants, not WDSetup. Customer Central is a separate tenant for learning, not for content review. The “What’s New” report shows system updates, not the latest WDSetup content.

Therefore, the correct answer isC. Sign in to the Shared WDSetup tenant through the Workday Community.

To connect multiple business objects in reporting, Workday provides theBusiness Object Details report. TheRelated Business Objects tabwithin this report shows how different business objects are linked (e.g., Worker to Dependent). This enables report writers to identify which fields connect the primary and secondary objects.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“The report data source provides the view into the primary business object. This object gives you access to class report fields as well aslinks to related business objects.”

Therefore, the correct answer isC. The Related Business Objects tab of the Business Object Details report.

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.

When a report is scheduled to run at a recurring interval (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), Workday tracks this under theScheduled Future Processesreport. This task allows administrators and report owners to view when reports are set to run, the frequency of execution, and the schedule start and end dates. If a report stopped running after the new year began, the most likely cause is that the scheduling end date expired on December 31, meaning no new jobs were generated for the new year.

From the Workday Reporting binder:“Workday provides scheduling options to run reports at set frequencies. You can confirm upcoming scheduled report runs in the Scheduled Future Processes report.”This provides visibility into whether the report is still scheduled and when it is next expected to execute.

The other answers are incorrect: View Alerts relates to system notifications, Mass Operation Management is not for reporting, and Run History shows past runs but not future scheduling. The correct option isC. Scheduled Future Processes.

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.

For amatrix report to be used as a subreportin a composite report, the group-by fields in the matrix report must align with the fields enabled for filtering and grouping in the composite report. If this alignment does not exist, Workday does not allow the matrix report to appear as a valid subreport option in the Sub Report Name dropdown.

From the Workday binder:“To include a matrix report as a subreport in a composite, the group-by fields of the matrix must match the fields enabled for grouping in the composite report. If these do not match, the matrix will not appear in the Sub Report Name selection.”

Other factors such as prompt defaults or filter settings may impact usability, but they do not prevent the matrix report from being selectable. The key dependency is thefield alignment between the composite and the matrix group-by fields.

Therefore, the correct answer isA. Check that every field in the composite report's set of fields that are enabled for filtering and grouping also exists as a group-by field in the matrix report.

The correct choice isLookup Related Value, because this function allows you to retrieve a field from a related business object that is not directly stored on your primary object. In this scenario, theprimary business object is Performance Review, which holds performance-related data but not job-related data such as Job Title. Since Job Title resides on theWorker business object, you need to link from Performance Review to Worker and then retrieve Job Title.

The Workday reporting guide explains:“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.”. This ensures the Performance Review data can be combined with Job Title for meaningful insights.

By contrast, Aggregate Related Instances is used to roll up multiple related values, Range Band applies thresholds, and Evaluate Expression Band is used for conditional ranges, not cross-object retrieval.

Workday’sReport Performance Loghighlights processing time contributors such as “Top Level Filter Time.” If this is high, the best practice is toreplace report filters with built-in data source prompts, since prompts restrict data earlier in processing, improving performance.

From the Workday Reporting documentation:

“To improve report performance, leverage built-in data source prompts instead of filters whenever possible. Prompts reduce the data set retrieved before filters are applied, minimizing filter processing time.”

Therefore, the correct answer isB. Use built-in data source prompts instead of filters.

TheTrended Workersdata source is specifically designed for reports that displaytrends over time, such as headcount, turnover, and demographics. It captures periodicsnapshots of worker data(monthly, quarterly, etc.), which allows organizations to track workforce metrics historically.

From the Workday binder:“Trended Workers captures snapshots of worker data at periodic intervals, providing historical reporting across time dimensions. This enables reporting on headcount, attrition, and demographics in a time series format.”

By contrast,Workers for HCM Reportingis used for current-state data, not trending.Worker Historyprovides effective-dated transaction-level history but does not automatically generate trending snapshots.Headcountis a standard delivered report and not a reusable data source for custom trending analysis.

Therefore, the most appropriate data source for worker headcount trends over time isA. Trended Workers.

In Workday trending reports, theRecord Datefor a transaction is not always the same as the event’s Effective Date. Instead, trending data is captured based on theperiodicity of the trended workers configuration, most commonly set to theend of each month. For Hire events, the Effective Date is when the change takes effect in the system, but the trended data is stored using the month-end Record Date.

From the Workday binder:“Trended Workers captures snapshots of worker data at periodic intervals (e.g., monthly, quarterly). A transaction such as a hire or termination is recorded in trending as of the last day of the period in which the effective date occurs.”

In this scenario, the Hire Effective Date of 09/02/2023 falls in September. The Record Date is therefore the last day of September,09/30/2023, not the effective date itself.

Thus, the correct answer isC. 9/30/2023.

TheTrue/False Conditioncalculated field is used to return Boolean results (True or False) based on defined criteria. In this scenario, the field must evaluate whether the event initiator equals the worker’s manager. By setting that condition, the calculated field will returnTrueif the initiator is the manager andFalseotherwise.

From Workday Reporting documentation:

“True/False Condition – Creates a Boolean field that evaluates a condition and returns True or False depending on whether the condition is met.”

Thus, the correct answer isB. True/False Condition.

For amatrix reportto be eligible as asubreport in a composite report, Workday requires strict alignment between the composite report’s enabled fields and the matrix report’sgroup-by fields. Specifically,every field enabled for filtering and grouping in the composite report must also exist as a group-by field in the matrix report.

If this alignment does not exist, Workday excludes the matrix report from theSub Report Nameselection list because the system cannot reliably aggregate or align the summarized data across reports.

Workday HCM Reporting documentation states:

“When using matrix reports as subreports in composite reports, the group-by fields must align with the composite report’s enabled grouping and filtering fields.”

“Matrix reports that do not meet grouping alignment requirements will not be available for selection as subreports.”

The other options do not control subreport eligibility:

Summarization fields affect calculations, not availability.

Filter alignment is validated later, not at selection time.

Prompt defaults do not determine whether a report appears in the Sub Report Name field.