Chapter 5: Reporting

Question 1

What happens when you leave the ‘Optimized for Performance’ checkbox unchecked when creating a custom report?

Answer 1

Only indexed fields will populate

Question 2

Will non-indexed fields show up if ‘Optimized for Performance’ checkbox is checked?

Answer 2

No, only indexed fields

Question 3

Are custom reports shared by default?

Answer 3

No, they are no shared by default

Question 4

When creating an advanced report, a field that is available on the data source is not showing up when trying to add it as a column. What might be the reason?

Answer 4

The optimized for performance box is selected and the field is not indexed

Question 5

What determines the Primary Business Object for a report?

Answer 5

The report data source

Question 6

A report is shared with all authorized users, which users can run the report?

Answer 6

Any user that belongs to a security group on the data source and data source filter for the report

Question 7

What are XpressO reports?

Answer 7

Workday delivered, security is view only

Question 8

Can you copy, create, or configure XpressO report?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What are report writer reports?

Answer 9

Delivered & custom

Question 10

Can report writer reports be copied, modified, and created?

Answer 10

Yes

Question 11

What type of security access do report writer reports have?

Answer 11

View and modify

Question 12

What does Workday Standard Reports report include?

Answer 12

List of reports for categories (i.e. financial accounting)

Question 13

Does the report writer security group give you access to data sources?

Answer 13

No, domain security would provide that

Question 14

Does the report writer security group give you access to the tool to create custom reports?

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

What is the domain for Report Admin?

Answer 15

Manage All Custom Reports

Question 16

What is the domain for Report Writer?

Answer 16

Custom Report Creation

Question 17

What does PBO stand for?

Answer 17

Primary business object

Question 18

What does RDS stand for?

Answer 18

Report data source

Question 19

What does CRF stand for?

Answer 19

Class report fields

Question 20

What is CRF?

Answer 20

Fields on PBO, columns

Question 21

What is an instance in a report?

Answer 21

Rows of data of PBO

Question 22

What does RBO stand for?

Answer 22

Related business object

Question 23

What is the most common type of report?

Answer 23

Advanced

Question 24

True or false: you can pull in both PBO and RBO in advanced reports

Answer 24

True

Question 25

What is a matrix report?

Answer 25

Summarizes large datasets

Question 26

What report allows more than one PBO on a report?

Answer 26

Composite report

Question 27

Where is a composite report typically used?

Answer 27

Financials & payroll

Question 28

Where is an nBox report typically used?

Answer 28

Performance Management

Question 29

What is a search report?

Answer 29

Dynamic filtering in report output

Question 30

Give an example of a search report

Answer 30

Find Supplier Invoices

Question 31

Do simple reports give you access to PBO, RBOs, or both?

Answer 31

Just PBOs

Question 32

What is a transposed report?

Answer 32

Swaps rows & columns

Question 33

What is a trending report?

Answer 33

Shows data changes over time

Question 34

What are indexed data sources optimized for?

Answer 34

Performance, aggregation, and faceted filtering on large volumes of data

Question 35

What is an indexed data source?

Answer 35

May include predefined data source filters for further optimal performance

Question 36

What is a common indexed data source?

Answer 36

Journal lines, supplier invoice lines

Question 37

What does 'Column Heading Override' do?

Answer 37

Allows you to change the name of the column in a report

Question 38

What happens if 'Optimized for Performance' is unchecked?

Answer 38

You will get indexed & non-indexed fields

Question 39

What happens if 'Optimized for Performance' is checked?

Answer 39

You will only get indexed fields

Question 40

Is the 'Populated Undefined Prompt Defaults' box supposed to uncheck itself?

Answer 40

Yes, acts as a refresh button

Question 41

What does the 'Populated Undefined Prompt Defaults' do?

Answer 41

Searches the entire report's definition for any new prompt additions