WD 2: Security

Vocabulary flashcards covering security groups, membership management, and user lifecycle in Workday.

Security group (Workday)

A collection of users granted specific access rights in Workday; used to control permissions and resource access.

Revoke membership

Process of removing a user from a security group, thereby removing the permissions tied to that group.

Employee self security group

A Workday security group associated with an employee's self-service access; membership determines self-service capabilities.

Contingent worker

A non-employee worker (temporary/contract); classified differently from employees in Workday.

Convert contingent worker to employee

Process to change a contingent worker's status to employee; there is no reverse conversion from employee to contingent worker.

Terminate user account

Disabling or removing a Workday user account to revoke access; does not terminate the worker record itself.

All users security group

A public-based Workday security group that includes every user; used as a baseline or broad access group.

Workday assigned security group

Security groups that are assigned by Workday (as opposed to custom or external groups) to grant access.