Integrate Workday with Boon
Last updated: March 3, 2026
Overview
To authenticate your Workday account, you will need to provide the following information:
WSDL
ISU Username
ISU Password
Workday Tenant Name
Prerequisites
Please ensure you fulfil all the requirements to set up the integration:
You have Administrator permissions in your company's Workday instance
Instructions
Step 1: Create an Integration System User (ISU)
1. In your Workday portal, log into the Workday tenant
2. In the Search field, type Create Integration System User
3. Select the Create Integration System User task
4. On the Create Integration System User page, in the Account Information section, enter a user name, and enter and confirm a password
Important: "&", "<", or ">" characters cannot be included in the password
5. Click OK
6. To ensure the password doesn't expire, you'll want to add this new user to the list of System Users. To do this, search for the Maintain Password Rules task.
7. Add the ISU to the System Users exempt from password expiration field
8. Enter the Integration System User name in the linking flow
9. Enter the Integration System User password in the linking flow
Step 2: Create a Security Group and assign an Integration System User
1. In the Search field, type Create Security Group
Select the Create Security Group task.
2. On the Create Security Group page, select Integration System Security Group (Unconstrained) from the Type of Tenanted Security Group pull-down menu.
If you would like to create a Constrained Security Group instead of an Unconstrained Security Group, please see the section in Notes below
3. In the Name field, enter a name
4. Click OK
5. On the Edit Integration System Security Group (Unconstrained) page, in the Integration System Users field, enter the same name you entered when creating the ISU in the first section
6. Click OK
Step 3: Configure domain security policy permissions
1. In the Search field, type Maintain Permissions for Security Group
2. Make sure the Operation is Maintain, and the Source Security Group is the same as the security group that was assigned in Step 2
3. On the next screen, add the corresponding Domain Security Policies depending on your use case:
If you are connecting Workday ATS (Recruiting):
If you are connecting Workday HRIS:
Step 4: Activate security policy changes
1. In the search bar, type "Activate Pending Security Policy Changes" to view a summary of the changes in the security policy that needs to be approved
2. Add any relevant comments on the window that pops up
3. Confirm the changes in order to accept the changes that are being made and hit OK
Step 5: Validate the authentication policy is sufficient
1. Search for Manage Authentication Policies
2. Click Edit on the authentication policy row
3. Create an Authentication Rule
4. Enter a name, add the Security Group, and ensure Allowed Authentication Types is set to Specific User Name Password or Any
Note: You don't have to create a new Authentication Rule if you already have an existing one set to User Name Password or Any. You can add the ISU you created to that rule instead.
You will need to create a new rule if SAML is the only Authentication Rule you see for "Allowed Authentication Types."
Step 6: Activate all pending authentication policy changes
In the search bar type, activate all pending authentication policy changes
2. Proceed to the next screen and confirm the changes. This will save the Authentication Policy that was just created or edited
Step 7: Obtain the web services endpoint URL
Search in Workday for Public Web Services
2. Find Human Resources (Public) if you are connecting Workday HRIS. Find Recruiting if you are connecting Workday ATS.
3. Click the three dots to access the menu. Click Web Services > View WSDL
4. Navigate to the bottom of the page that opens (it may take a few seconds to load)
5. Copy the full URL provided under Human_Resources or Recruiting
6. Enter the URL in the Web Service Endpoint URL field in the linking flow
7. Enter your Workday Tenant Name in the linking flow
Process complete! 🎉
Notes
Creating a Constrained Security Group
If you need a Constrained Security Group instead of an Unconstrained one, follow these additional steps:
When creating the Security Group, select "Integration System Security Group (Constrained)" from the dropdown.
After creation, you'll need to configure constraints that specify which organizations or data the integration can access.