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Workday Report Writer Query Execution API

Execute WQL queries against Workday data sources and retrieve paginated results

Workday Report Writer Query Execution API is one of 9 APIs that Workday Report Writer publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 1 JSON Schema definition.

Tagged areas include Query Execution. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a GitHub repository, and 1 JSON Schema.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{hostname}/api/prismAnalytics/v3/{tenant}.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://wd2-impl-services1.workday.com/ccx/service
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Report Writer Query Execution 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 token endpoint. Requires the Prism Analytics scope.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Query Execution 1

Execute WQL queries against Workday data sources and retrieve paginated results

GET
/data
Workday Report Writer Execute a WQL Query
executeWqlQuery 3 params → 200400401

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is WqlQueryResult (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

WqlQueryResult
object
Result set from a WQL query execution containing the matched rows and pagination metadata
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-report-writer-query-execution-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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