WebTMA-Workday Financials Configuration

This document has three major sections:

  • Configuring Workday to Connect to WebTMA
  • Configuring WebTMA to Connect to Workday
  • Validation and Submissions

Configuring Workday to Connect to WebTMA

Step One - Create an Integration System User in Workday

  1. Log in to Workday.
  2. Search for “Integration System User” as illustrated below.

    Workday_IntegrationSystemUser.png
  3. Select “Create Integration System User” in the results.
  4. Enter TMA-WorkdayConnect-User as the User Name (recommended by TMA). See next screenshot.

NOTE: Be sure to save the User Name and Password. These same settings are used inside WebTMA later in the setup process.

Workday_CreateIntegrationSystemUser.png

Step Two - Create a Security Group in Workday

  1. Search for “Create Security Group”
Workday_CreateSecurityGroup.png
  1. Select Integration System Security Group (Unconstrained) in the Type of Tenanted Security Group field.
  2. Enter TMA-WorkdayConnect-Security in the Name field (recommended by TMA). See the next screenshot.
Workday_CreateSecurityTenantedGroup.png
  1. Enter the User (created in Step One) in the Integration System Users field.
  2. Save.
Workday_EditIntegrationSystemSecurityGroup.png

Step Three - Complete the Integration System Security Group

Workday_EditIntegrationSystemSecurityProceed.png
  1. Select the ellipsis Workday_Ellipsis.png on the Group. This opens the menu.
  2. Select Security Group > Maintain Domain Permissions for Security Group.
Workday_IntegrationSystemSecurityGroup_MenuOuttake.png

Step Four - Permit Access to API Calls

  1. Add the following in Domain Security Policies permitting Get access:
    • Special OX Web Services
    • Integration Build
    • Set Up: Accounts
Workday_DomainSecurity_Get.png
  1. Add the following in Domain Security Policies permitting Put access:
    • Process: Journals-Core
Workday_DomainSecurity_Put.png
  1. Select OK to Save.

When both are completed, it should look like the following:

Workday_IntegrationPermissions.png

Step Five - Activate Security Changes

  1. Search for “Activate Pending” as illustrated below.
Workday_ActivatePending.png
  1. Select Activate Pending Security Policy Changes.
  2. Enter a Comment, i.e., reason for the new activation.
  3. Select OK.
Workday_ActivatePending_Comment.png
  1. Mark the Confirm checkbox.
  2. Select OK.
Workday_ActivatePending_Confirm.png

Step Six - Register the API Client

  1. Search for “Register API Client”.
  2. Select the Register API Client link.
  3. Enter the following in the fields that display:
    • Client Name: TMA-WorkdayConnect-API
    • Client Grant Type: Jwt Bearer Grant
    • X509 Certificate:
      • Create a new public Key
      • Name the Certificate – TMA-WorkdayConnect-Certificate
      • TMA provides the certificate to populate
      • Select OK on the Create X509 Public Key and return to the client registration window.
    • Access Token Type: Bearer
    • Integration System User: TMA-WorkdayConnect-User (the one you previous created)
    • Scope (Functional Areas) should include the following:
      • Common Financial Management
      • Implementation
  4. Select to Save.

At this point, you have the information you need to set up the connection in WebTMA 7. See the next screenshot.

Workday_ConnectCertificate.png

Configuring WebTMA to Connect to Workday

This portion of the configuration requires that you have both the Workday application and WebTMA 7 open in separate tabs since you will be searching and copying information from Workday and pasting into WebTMA 7.

Step Seven - Complete Workday Configuration Window

  1. Log in to WebTMA 7.
  2. Go to Admin > Workday > Configuration.
  3. Use the template from Workday to populate this window in WebTMA 7.
  4. Select the check mark at the lower left to Save.

It should look like the following:

Workday_v7_TMAWorkdayConfigWindow.png

You should receive a success message like the following:

Workday_v7_TMAWorkdaySuccess.png

Workday is now successfully connected to WebTMA 7, and you are ready to proceed to the next steps in mapping accounting information between the two.

Step Eight - Account Validation Workday Configuration

Leave the window above open, and if Workday is not launched, open the Workday application to do the following in Workday to copy the appropriate ID.

  1. Log in to Workday.
  2. Search for “Account Set”.
  3. Run the Account Set report.
  4. Select the ellipsis next to the Account Set you use. This opens Related Actions. Refer to your Workday documentation for your Account Set.
  5. Choose Integration IDs > View IDs as illustrated below.
Workday_AccountSet.png
  1. Copy the ID.
Workday_IntegrationIDs.png
  1. Return to the WebTMA Tab.
  2. Insert the ID in the Financial Settings Account Set field as illustrated below.
Workday_v7FinancialSettings.png

Step Nine – Journal Source

Return to the Workday application to do the following:

  1. Search for Journal Sources.
Workday_JournalSources.png
  1. Run the Journal Sources report.
  2. Find your Journal Source Name.
  3. Click the ellipsis Workday_EllipsisLarger.png next to the search icon.
  4. Choose Integration IDs > View IDs as illustrated below.
Workday_JournalSourcesReport.png
  1. Copy the ID.
Workday_IntegrationIDs_JournalSource.png
  1. Paste the ID into the Journal Source field in WebTMA 7.
Workday_v7JournalSource.png

 

Step Ten – Ledger Types

Return to the Workday application to do the following:

  1. Search for Ledger Types.
  2. Select the search icon next to your Ledger Type.
  3. Find your Ledger Type.
  4. Click the ellipsis Workday_EllipsisLarger.png next to your Ledger Type.
  5. Choose Integration IDs > View IDs as illustrated below.
Workday_ViewLedgerTypeGroup.png
  1. Copy the ID from the Integration IDs as shown below.
Workday_IntegrationIDs_LedgerType.png
  1. Paste the ID into the Ledger Type field in WebTMA 7.
Workday_v7LedgerType.png

Step Eleven - Currency

Return to the Workday application to do the following:

  1. Search for Currencies to find your currency.
  2. Use the filter for USD or your desired currency.
Workday_CurrenciesSelect.png
  1. Click the ellipsis Workday_EllipsisLarger.png next to the currency.
  2. Choose Integration IDs > View IDs as illustrated below.
Workday_CurrenciesAction.png
  1. Select the ID value only for Currency ID as shown below. Note there may be more than one option.
Workday_IntegrationIDs_Currency.png
  1. Paste the Currency into the Currency field in WebTMA 7.
Workday_v7Currency.png

Step Twelve - Companies

Return to the Workday application to do the following:

  1. Search for Companies.
  2. Run the Companies report.
  3. Filter the report to find your services. The example below uses Global Modern Services, Inc. (USA).
Workday_Companies.png
  1. Click the ellipsis  next to the company.
  2. Choose Integration IDs > View IDs.
Workday_Companies_SelectViewIDs.png
  1. Copy the ID from Company_Reference_ID.
Workday_IntegrationIDs_Company.png
  1. Paste that into WebTMA 7 under COMPANY as shown below.
Workday_v7Company.png

Step Thirteen - Segment Setup

In WebTMA 7, enter the Segment Delimiter in the field next to the Company field. This is the symbol that you use to separate the segments in your accounts. If you use a hyphen, enter a dash (-) as pictured in the previous screenshot.

NOTE: The segments in this document are only examples of how to set up each segment. Each organization will have different setups.

Return to the Workday application to do the following:

  1. Search for the names of each of your segments. The following example starts with Cost Centers.
Workday_SearchSegmentCostCenters.png
  1. Search Workday Cost Center for Integration Reference ID.
  2. Choose one from the Cost Center Lookup.
  3. Click the ellipsis Workday_EllipsisLarger.png.
  4. Choose Integration IDs > View IDs.
  5. Look for the Type.
Workday_IntegrationIDs_Segment.png
  1. Paste the Integration Reference ID into WebTMA 7.
Workday_v7SegmentReferenceID.png

Each segment can be found in Workday. You can reference Workday to find each segment value to map as shown below.

Once all the mapping is complete, Save the WebTMA 7 record.

Workday_v7SegmentsReferenceIDs.png

Step Fourteen - Validation

Workday_v7AccountsWindow.png

In WebTMA 7, the Accounting > Accounts window will show each segment properly.

Once the WebTMA 7 batch job to update the account validation is processed, you can check the Workday configuration in WebTMA 7 and see that the validation is successful as shown below.

Workday_v7ConfigurationValidation.png

Validation and Submissions

Validation Queries

Workday_v7AccountBrowseWindow.png

In WebTMA 7, the TMA Browse window for Accounting > Accounts includes these three queries:

  • Invalid shows all accounts that do not match Workday.
  • Pending Validation shows accounts that have not yet been validated by Workday.
  • Valid shows all accounts that have been successfully validated by Workday.

Transactions Submitted to Workday

Workday_v7BatchJobsWindow.png

Transactions to be submitted to Workday are found in WebTMA 7 in Admin > Batch Management.

The corresponding entries can be found in Workday by searching for “Find Journal Lines”.

In the company name, enter the company you set up.  Enter the Year and Period. Other fields are optional.

Workday_FindJournalLines.png
Workday_FindJournalLinesList.png

After the Batch Job in WebTMA 7 has completed, you can check the jobs from Admin > Workday > Integration Logs.

Workday_v7IntegrationLogs.png

To see the details of the job, expand the batch jobs by selecting them. An example is shown below.

Workday_v7TransactionsSubmittedToWorkday.png

Any errors that occur are found in the Integration Logs and can be addressed before submitting a new batch job.

Workday_v7IntegrationLogsWithErrors.png

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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