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Guides, tutorials, and insights for Workday Extend developers.

Workday REST API: A Developer's Complete Guide
March 24, 2026·10 min read·REST API

Workday REST API: A Developer's Complete Guide

Everything developers need to know about Workday REST APIs including authentication, endpoints, rate limits, pagination, error handling, and best practices.

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Workday Extend Security Best Practices: Protecting Your Custom Apps
March 22, 2026·10 min read·security

Workday Extend Security Best Practices: Protecting Your Custom Apps

Security guide for Workday Extend apps covering security domains, functional areas, authentication, data access controls, and common security pitfalls.

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Workday Calculated Fields: Complete Reference with Practical Examples
March 21, 2026·14 min read·calculated fields

Workday Calculated Fields: Complete Reference with Practical Examples

Comprehensive guide to Workday calculated fields with real-world examples covering date math, conditional logic, lookups, and common patterns.

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Workday Extend Orchestration Tutorial: From Basics to Advanced Patterns
March 21, 2026·12 min read·orchestration

Workday Extend Orchestration Tutorial: From Basics to Advanced Patterns

Step-by-step guide to building orchestrations in Workday Extend, covering steps, conditions, parallel execution, error handling, and integration patterns.

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AI and the Future of Workday Extend Development
March 20, 2026·9 min read·workday extend

AI and the Future of Workday Extend Development

Explore how AI is transforming Workday Extend development. Learn about the challenges of building on the Extend platform and how AI-powered tools are making Business Objects, Orchestrations, and custom apps faster to build and maintain.

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Building a Travel Request App with Workday Extend
March 20, 2026·11 min read·workday extend

Building a Travel Request App with Workday Extend

A step-by-step tutorial for building a travel request application on Workday Extend, covering Business Objects, Business Processes, validation rules, orchestrations, and Presentation Model Definitions.

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Top 10 Common Workday Extend Errors and How to Fix Them
March 20, 2026·11 min read·workday extend

Top 10 Common Workday Extend Errors and How to Fix Them

A practical guide to the most common Workday Extend errors including validation failures, schema issues, and deployment problems. Learn what causes each error and how to resolve it quickly.

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The Complete Guide to Workday Extend Development
March 20, 2026·11 min read·workday extend

The Complete Guide to Workday Extend Development

A comprehensive guide to Workday Extend development covering Business Objects, Business Processes, Orchestrations, Presentation Model Definitions, development workflows, common patterns, and best practices.

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Workday Extend: Code Mode vs Visual Mode in App Builder
March 20, 2026·8 min read·workday extend

Workday Extend: Code Mode vs Visual Mode in App Builder

A practical guide to App Builder's two development modes for Workday Extend — Code Mode for direct JSON editing and Visual Mode for point-and-click authoring. Learn when to use each, with real examples and platform limits.

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