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Security Group Types (User-Based, Role-Based Constrained vs Unconstrained, Integration System Security Group — ISSG, Public, Intersection, Aggregation, Conditional Role-Based, Job-Based, Segment-Based), Domain Security Policies vs Business Process Security Policies, Get/Put/Modify/View/Approve permissions, inherited vs directly assigned roles, security role assignment on Supervisory Orgs and Positions, Security Analytics and proxy access.

Business Process Definitions (BPDs), step types (Action, Approval, Approval Chain, Checklist, To Do, Service, Integration, Complete), initiating actions, conditions, delegations, tenanted vs custom BPDs, condition rule sets, exception tenant behavior, routing rules, sub-processes, BP audit and Business Process transaction logs.

Tenant types (Implementation, Sandbox, Sandbox Preview, Production, Gold), tenant refresh (Production Copy into Sandbox, PCIS), tenant access, tenant-level setup tasks, Maintain Feature Opt-Ins, Company/Tenanted Setup, time zones, locales, and Workday branding — logo, colors, home page.

Workday semi-annual release cadence (2024R1, 2024R2, 2025R1, 2025R2 Scout, 2026R1), Feature Opt-Ins, release notes review, Sandbox Preview testing window (~4-6 weeks), Community Release Center, What's New posts, Weekly Service Updates, regression testing in Sandbox Preview before Production upgrade.

Supervisory Organizations (primary organizational backbone), Cost Centers, Companies, Regions, Locations, Matrix Organizations, Custom Organization types, Organization Assignments, reorganizations, Move Workers between Supervisory Orgs, subordinate/superior hierarchy, divisional vs hierarchical organization models.

Standard vs Custom reports, Simple/Advanced/Matrix/Composite/Search/Trending/nBox report types, Calculated Fields, Data Sources and Business Objects, Related Business Objects, report tags, report sharing, Worksheets, Dashboards, Discovery Boards, Workday Graph data model navigation and Prism Analytics linkage.

Object Transporter (migration tool for custom objects and configuration between tenants), Configuration Packages, foundation data loads, iLoads vs EIB, Configuration Change Tracker (CCT), tenant-to-tenant migrations, impact analysis, rollback strategy, Workday Studio/Cloud Connect boundary with admin-managed config.

Integration System Security Groups (ISSGs), Integration System Users (ISUs), Web Services (WWS, REST), EIB (Enterprise Interface Builder), Cloud Connect/Connectors, Core Connectors, PECI, integration schedule and monitoring, integration event errors, Workday Studio (admin awareness, not development), Payroll Integration Notifications.

View Business Process Events, Find Workers by Status, Security Analytics for Domain Policies, Configuration Audit Reports, User Activity audit, sign-on audit, system error audit, Workday Trust, tenant health dashboard, retention policies.

Transactional vs foundation data, EIB inbound loads, iLoads, Data Initialization Service (DIS), Prism Analytics datasets (admin boundary), time zone/date handling, data validation, bulk updates, error handling, data retention.

Position Management, Job Management, Headcount Management, hybrid models, staffing model selection per Supervisory Org, Freeze/Unfreeze, Create/Close/Edit Position, impact on hiring and compensation, conversions between staffing models.

Custom Fields on tenanted objects, Custom Object definitions, Custom Object Security, Related Business Objects, calculated fields sourcing custom data, custom validations, custom notifications, business process integration with custom objects.

Workday Extend platform overview (Developer Persona, App Builder, Orchestrate), admin governance boundary — permissioning Extend apps to users, Extend app lifecycle (Develop/Sandbox/Production), Extend security model intersection with core Workday security.

Workday Community, Customer Center, submitting and escalating Support cases, Named Support Contacts, Brainstorms, Community Groups, Workday Releases hub, Workday Illuminate AI admin governance, Agent System of Record governance.

Workday Trust and service status, data centers and replication (primary/secondary), Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) disclosures, planned maintenance windows, Weekly Service Updates schedule, tenant availability SLAs.