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Workday Data Change Tasks API

Endpoints for managing data loading tasks.

Workday Data Change Tasks API is one of 50 APIs that Workday publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 5 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Data Change Tasks. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, authentication docs, and 5 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/absenceManagement/v1/{tenant}.

4 operations 3 paths 5 schemas 3 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v1
Base URL
https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/api/
Authentication
OAuth 2.0
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Data Change Tasks API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 2 scopes. By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 3 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Data Change Tasks 4

Endpoints for managing data loading tasks.

GET
/dataChangeTasks
Get Data Change Tasks
getDataChangeTasks 2 params → 200401
POST
/dataChangeTasks
Create Data Change Task
createDataChangeTask body → 201400401
GET
/dataChangeTasks/{ID}
Get Data Change Task by Id
getDataChangeTaskById 1 param → 200401404
GET
/dataChangeTasks/{ID}/activities
Get Data Change Task Activities
getDataChangeTaskActivities 3 params → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are DataChangeTask (9 properties), DataChangeTaskActivity (8 properties), DataChangeTaskCreateRequest (4 properties), ResourceReference (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

DataChangeTask
object
9 properties
DataChangeTaskCreateRequest
object
4 properties 3 required
ErrorResponse
object
2 properties
ResourceReference
object
3 properties
DataChangeTaskActivity
object
8 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-data-change-tasks-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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