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Workday Financials Accounting Periods API

Manage accounting periods and period close

Workday Financials Accounting Periods API is one of 32 APIs that Workday Financials publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Accounting Periods. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v38.2.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{tenant}.workday.com/api/cashManagement/v38.2.

3 operations 3 paths 2 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v38.2
Base URL
https://api.workday.com/financialManagement
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Financials Accounting Periods API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from Workday authentication

Paths & Operations 3

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Accounting Periods 3

Manage accounting periods and period close

GET
/accountingPeriods
Workday Financials List accounting periods
listAccountingPeriods 2 params → 200401
GET
/accountingPeriods/{id}
Workday Financials Get an accounting period
getAccountingPeriod 1 param → 200401404
POST
/accountingPeriods/{id}/close
Workday Financials Close an accounting period
closeAccountingPeriod 1 param → 200401404409

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AccountingPeriod (7 properties), CompanyRef (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

CompanyRef
object
2 properties
AccountingPeriod
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-financials-accounting-periods-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Workday Financials Accounts Payable API
Workday Financials Accounts Receivable API
Workday Financials Audit Logs API
Workday Financials Bank Accounts API
Workday Financials Bank Transactions API
Workday Financials Billing Schedules API
Workday Financials Cash Forecasts API
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Workday Financials Companies API
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