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⇱ Connect to Workday from Asprova with CData ODBC Driver for Workday

Connect to Workday from Asprova with CData ODBC Driver for Workday

👁 Jerod Johnson
Jerod Johnson
Director, Technology Evangelism
This article shows how to connect faster to Workday data from Asprova.

The CData ODBC driver for Workday enables you to access Workday data from Asprova. In this article, you will import Workday data into item data in Asprova as an example.

About Workday Data Integration

CData provides the easiest way to access and integrate live data from Workday. Customers use CData connectivity to:

  • Access the tables and datasets you create in Prism Analytics Data Catalog, working with the native Workday data hub without compromising the fidelity of your Workday system.
  • Access Workday Reports-as-a-Service to surface data from departmental datasets not available from Prism and datasets larger than Prism allows.
  • Access base data objects with WQL, REST, or SOAP, getting more granular, detailed access but with the potential need for Workday admins or IT to help craft queries.

Users frequently integrate Workday with analytics tools such as Tableau, Power BI, and Excel, and leverage our tools to replicate Workday data to databases or data warehouses. Access is secured at the user level, based on the authenticated user's identity and role.

For more information on configuring Workday to work with CData, refer to our Knowledge Base articles: Comprehensive Workday Connectivity through Workday WQL and Reports-as-a-Service & Workday + CData: Connection & Integration Best Practices.


Getting Started


Asprova setting

  1. Click File -> Data I/O Settings.

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  2. Double click the header of Item and open the Edit I/O dialog.

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  3. Select "No" from the RDB transaction combo box and close the dialog.

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Data driver setting

  1. Select "OLE DB" from combo box in "Data source" column.

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  2. Click button in Folder/database column and open the Data Link Property dialog. Select "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers" from the list of data provider.

  3. Select the Connection tab. Check "Use data source name" and select "CData Workday Source" from DSN combo box.

  4. Click the Test Connection button and make sure you see the message "Connection successful".

Schema setting

  1. Click the button in "External table name" column and open the Table List dialog. Make sure tables in Workday are listed in the dialog.

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  2. Click the button in "Field mapping" column and open the Item-Field Mapping dialog.

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  3. Open the context menu in the space between tables and click Delete All. Link corresponding fields by dragging mouse.

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  4. Click File > Import and data will be imported into Asprova.

Check data

Click Table View > Item. Be sure you can see the item data stored in Workday.

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Workday ODBC Driver

The Workday ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Workday, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Workday data like you would a database - read, write, and update Workday Cash Management, Compensation, Financial Management, Payroll, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.