Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) - Overview
Agenda
• Overview
• Outbound EIB with Transformation
• Inbound EIB
Enterprise Interface Builder - Overview
• The Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) allows users to perform simple and secure integrations with
Workday. The purpose of the EIB, which uses no third-party software or hardware, is to allow customers
to build their own integrations according to their unique business scenarios
• The Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) tool provides an easy-to-use graphical and guided interface to
define outbound and inbound integrations with little to no programming. Both IT users and business
experts can leverage EIB to address simple integration needs.
• There are three components to the EIB design pattern.
When to Consider EIB ?
• You know EIB is the right tool for your integration if you can answer ‘yes’
to these questions.
‒ Can one Custom Report or Web Service call handle all the related data?
‒ Can one transformation manage all the data?
‒ Does the integration need only one input/output?
Security Setup for EIBs
• Although not required, all EIBs should have an Integration System User.
This allows the EIB to execute with the ISU’s security profile.
• This is very useful in the following situations:
‒ When the user that launches the EIB does not have security privileges to run the report
or access the Workday Web Service that is configured as the data source
‒ When the EIB is scheduled to run recurrently. The EIB will run regardless of the security
profile of the schedule owner.
‒ When a functional Business Process launches the EIB. The EIB’s security will not be
related to the users involved in the process.
Setup Integration System User Security
• Create the ISU
‒ Access the Create Integration System User task.
‒ Configure the Workday user account providing a User Name and password.
‒ Keep the Session Timeout Minutes default value of zero to prevent session expiration.
‒ Select the Do Not Allow UI Sessions check box to prevent the integration system user from
signing in to Workday through the UI.
• Create the Security Group
‒ Access the Create Security Group task.
‒ Create an Integration System Security Group. This security group can be Constrained or
Unconstrained.
‒ Provide the group name
‒ Link your group to the previously created Integration System User
Setup Integration System User Security
• Update Domain Security Policies
‒ Access the Maintain Permissions for Security Group task.
‒ Add the appropriate domains to the Modify, View, Put or Get access
‒ Run the Activate Pending Security Policy Changes task
• Link the ISU to the EIB and the report
‒ Access the Transfer Ownership of Custom Reports task
‒ Provide the report name and set the ISU as the new Owner
‒ From the EIB’s Related Actions select Workday Account > Edit.
‒ Set the Integration System User as the Workday Account
Outbound EIB
• Outbound EIBs are used to extract information from the Workday system,
and either attach it back to the customer’s tenant for future use or
reference or send it somewhere for further processing.
Activity # 1
a. Create an Outbound EIB
b. Schedule EIB
c. Apply a Custom Transformation
Inbound EIB
• To complement the standard Enterprise Interface Builder framework,
Workday provides spreadsheet import templates that offer immediate
business value by helping you upload data into Workday. You can
generate templates directly in Workday.
• This is particularly useful while loading Bulk data in Workday
• Inbound EIB provides an Excel front-end to Workday Web Services
(WWS). While it makes it easier for non-technical users to load bulk data
into Workday, it does not eliminate the complexity of the Object Model
exposed by the WWS.
Activity # 1
a. Create Inbound EIB to Update Email Addresses
b. Change Emails using Inbound EIB with Spreadsheet Template
