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Workday Security Audit Logs API

Retrieve audit log entries that record system events, configuration changes, and administrative actions for compliance monitoring.

Workday Security Audit Logs API is one of 13 APIs that Workday Security publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

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

This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{host}/ccx/api/v1/{tenant}.

2 operations 2 paths 4 schemas 2 GET

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/service/
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Workday Security Audit Logs 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 the Workday token endpoint.

Paths & Operations 2

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

Audit Logs 2

Retrieve audit log entries that record system events, configuration changes, and administrative actions for compliance monitoring.

GET
/auditLogs
Workday Security List audit log entries
listAuditLogs 7 params → 200400401403
GET
/auditLogs/{auditLogId}
Workday Security Get a specific audit log entry
getAuditLogEntry 1 param → 200401403404

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AuditLogEntry (12 properties), TargetRef (4 properties), ActorRef (3 properties), Error (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ActorRef
object
Reference to the actor who performed an audited action, which can be a user account or system process.
3 properties
TargetRef
object
Reference to the target resource or object of an audited action.
4 properties
AuditLogEntry
object
An audit log entry recording a system event, configuration change, or administrative action within the Workday tenant. Provides a complete record of the action…
12 properties
Error
object
Error response returned when an API request fails due to invalid parameters or business rule violations.
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

workday-security-audit-logs-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Workday Security publishes across the network.

Workday User Activity Logging API
Workday Security Account Signons API
Workday Security Authentication Configuration API
Workday Security Compliance Reports API
Workday Security Domain Security Policies API
Workday Security OAuth Tokens API
Workday Security Security Audit API
Workday Security Security Group Members API
Workday Security Security Groups API
Workday Security Sessions API
Workday Security Unidentified Signons API
Workday Security User Accounts API