HCM Core 1

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms related to Workday tenants, environments, metadata, and release management as presented in the HCM Core for Administrators notes.

Tenant

A unique Workday instance with its own URL and securely segregated data.

Production Tenant

The live environment that stores active data and requires strong security for confidential information.

Sandbox Tenant

A development/testing environment to build, test, and validate features before production.

Sandbox Preview Tenant

A copy of production with added upcoming functionality to preview and plan uptake.

Implementation Tenant

Secure spaces for testing, prototyping, and training, with multiple tenants possible for testing integrations and data loading.

Global Modern Services (GMS) Tenant

A demonstration tenant containing sample data for research, learning, and testing.

Alma Mater University (AMU) Tenant

A demonstration tenant with preconfigured data for educational customers.

Green Oak Valley (GOV) Tenant

A demonstration tenant available for government customers.

Metadata

Workday-provided data structures that cannot be changed.

Tenanted Data

Your configuration and user-added data that make the instance uniquely yours.

Tenant Setup

Tasks to configure specific areas of the tenant, accessed via the Tenant Setup report.

Edit Tenant Setup-System

Task to apply custom banners, logos, and colors to align with brand.

Edit Tenant Setup-HCM

Task to create custom ID sequencing and establish system-wide defaults for HCM.

Workday Community

The primary portal for updates, roadmaps, release notes, webinars, and documentation.

Workday Touchpoints Kit

A visual display of data flows and configuration relationships to aid design decisions.

Release Preparation Center

A central place for information needed to get ready for the upcoming release.

Weekly Service Update

Notes detailing defects fixed each week during the weekend maintenance window.

What’s New in Workday (Tenant Report)

A report identifying new features to preview in sandbox/preview during release prep.

Adoption Planning Dashboard

A Workday Community dashboard with worklets for adoption planning and feature previews.

Feature Release Guidebook

Presentations describing planned features and scheduling for releases.