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Workday Business Processes Types API

Returns all business process types. Secured by Public Business Processes.

Workday Business Processes Types API is one of 30 APIs that Workday Business Processes publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 14 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Types. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, a changelog, and 14 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 21 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1, https://api.workday.com/customBusinessProcessConfig/v1.

7 operations 4 paths 21 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://{tenantHostname}/businessProcess/v1
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Workday Business Processes Types API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the implicit flow. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oAuth2) using the implicit flow, exposing 2 scopes.

  • oAuth2 — Register an API Client

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Types 7

Returns all business process types. Secured by Public Business Processes.

GET
/types
Retrieves all business process types
getTypes 2 params → 200400401403404default
POST
/types
Create
create body → 200400
GET
/types/{ID}
Retrieves a business process type
getTypesByID 1 param → 200400401403404default
GET
/types/{ID}/attachmentCategories
Retrieves attachment categories for a business process type
getTypesByIDAttachmentCategories 4 params → 200400401403404default
GET
/types/{id}
View
view 1 param → 200404
PUT
/types/{id}
Update
update 1 param body → 200400
DELETE
/types/{id}
Delete
delete 1 param → 200400404

Schemas 21

The contract defines 21 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are customBusinessProcessTypeDetail (12 properties), createCustomBusinessProcessTypeDetail (10 properties), initiatingActionDetailResponse (8 properties), stepActionDetailResponse (7 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

businessProcessTypeView_a06e49cf714e100008435914d7d90105
ResourceIdPathValue_types
businessProcessTypeDetails_e73cbf40479a100012b92d7f999d0144
WorkdayReferenceId_types
string
Workday reference ID (Type=Value). Valid types: BusinessProcessType
attachmentCategoryView_01bedd7c1f9e10001e09ac8bd50600e8
ERROR_MODEL_REFERENCE
object
6 properties 1 required
WorkdayId
string
Workday ID (32-character lowercase hexadecimal string).
VALIDATION_ERROR_MODEL_REFERENCE
instanceWithId
object
1 property
stepActionDetailRequest
object
5 properties 1 required
eventActionEventTaskConfigRequest
object
2 properties 2 required
createCustomBusinessProcessTypeDetail
object
10 properties 1 required
eventActionEventTaskConfigResponse
object
3 properties
initiatingActionDetailResponse
object
8 properties
instanceWithIdAndDescriptor
object
2 properties
editCustomBusinessProcessTypeDetail
object
6 properties 1 required
customBusinessProcessTypeDetail
object
12 properties 1 required
initiatingActionDetailRequest
object
6 properties 1 required
stepActionDetailResponse
object
7 properties
allCustomBusinessProcessTypeDetails
object
2 properties
eventActionWithID
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-business-processes-types-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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