Workday Platform Admin study plan

Diagram the core HCM object model from memory (Worker, Job, Position, Supervisory Organization, Location, Job Profile, Job Family) and label which objects are effective-dated and which are not

Build a three-level Supervisory Organization hierarchy in a sandbox and attach one Location and one Job Requisition to each level

Run a worker through hire, then a transfer, then a termination on different effective dates; screenshot what the worker record shows as of three separate 'as of' dates and explain each difference in writing

Create at least three custom validation rules or conditional field behaviors on a custom object and prove each one fires

Write a personal glossary of 25 platform terms (effective dating, compaction, staffable vs. non-staffable, object-level vs. field-level config) with your own one-line definitions

Classify five sample user populations into the correct security group type (role-based, user-based, job-based, aggregate) and write the justification for each choice

Build two role-based security groups with domain security policies that differ by organization-hierarchy scope (self only vs. own supervisory org and subordinates)

Configure a business process security policy for one BP and verify access for three test users with different group memberships

Trace a denied action end-to-end: group membership to role to domain policy to business process policy, and document exactly which layer blocks it

Draft a least-privilege matrix mapping four job roles to the minimum domains and actions they require

Diagram one existing multi-step business process (steps, approvers, to-dos, conditions) and annotate where each routing decision is configured

Build a four-step business process from scratch in sandbox that includes at least one conditional approval and one to-do step

Configure routing that resolves approvers by organization hierarchy rather than by a static group, and prove it routes differently for two workers

Configure and test delegation for one approver, then confirm the delegated approver appears in the approval history

Produce a written trace of a single transaction through the BP showing every routing evaluation and its result

Build ten calculated fields spanning lookup, extract, true/false, and arithmetic types, and verify each returns correct values for known records

Build one advanced report and one matrix report that both use a calculated field in a filter or column

Apply report-level sharing/security restrictions and confirm a second test user sees a filtered result set

Convert three recurring manual data questions into reusable reports and document the question each one answers

Complete a self-authored 40-question quiz across Domains 1-4 and log every missed item with the source concept it maps to

Execute an inbound data load for an organization-type object, then a worker-type object, respecting load-order dependencies

Deliberately introduce three bad records (missing required field, invalid reference, duplicate) and document the exact error each produces and how you fixed it

Write a conversion runbook covering extract, transform, validate, load, and reconcile steps with a named owner for each step

Build a reconciliation report that compares source record count and key field values against loaded data

Trace one integration event through its system, message, and monitoring views and record where you would look first if it failed

Build a release-impact checklist and apply it to a sample release: list which business processes, reports, calculated fields, and integrations that release would touch

Reconstruct a change from audit trail data: identify who changed a business process definition, when, and what the before/after state was

Plan and execute a sandbox refresh sequence including a pre-refresh inventory and a post-refresh verification list

Re-test security group behavior after refresh and document any configuration that did not survive or that now behaves differently

Build one end-to-end scenario: load a worker via data load, route them through hire and transfer business processes, confirm correct security scope, and report on the result

Reproduce the three weakest items from your Week 4 quiz log without notes, then re-explain each aloud or in writing

Complete a timed 60-question mixed practice set covering all six domains and record per-domain accuracy

Rewrite your four lowest-scoring domain cheat sheets down to one page each

Take two full-length timed practice exams under realistic conditions and score each by domain

Close every gap where per-domain accuracy sits below 80% by re-reading notes and rebuilding the sandbox object involved

Rehearse the eight highest-yield explanations (security group types, routing resolution, calculated field types, load order, effective dating, audit trail, report security, release impact) without notes

Finalize a one-page pre-exam reference sheet containing only items you have personally verified in sandbox