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Last Updated: 2024-09-20
Set Up Global Address Lookup

Set Up Global Address Lookup

Workday enables you to enter a small portion of an address, such as a postal code or street name, to retrieve possible matching addresses in a selected country.
  1. Access the Enable Innovation Services Feature and Machine Learning Data Contributions task.
    On the 
    Innovation Services Opt-In
    task, select the
    Global Address
    service on the
    Available Services
    tab in the
    Global Address
    category.
  2. Access the
    Maintain Localization Settings
    task.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Global
    in the System functional area.
    1. Access the
      Contact Information
      area.
    2. Select
      Global Address Lookup Using Third-Party Services
      and select the countries to enable for address lookup. Workday supports address lookup for more than 200 countries. You can enable it for most countries except for Google maps prohibited territories. For each country, we map vendor address data to a Workday address component. We provide a default mapping for every country. Your can customize how address fields are autofilled with vendor data using the
      Maintain Address Components by Country
      task. See Set Up Address Autofill.
  3. (Optional) Access the
    Change Home Contact Information
    task or the
    Change Work Contact Information
    task.
    Security:
    Person Data: Personal Photo
    and
    Self-Service: Personal Photo
    domains in the Person Data functional area.
    In the
    Country
    field, select a country that has
    Global Address Lookup
    enabled. The
    Search Address powered by Google
    field displays. Enter some portion of an address to retrieve possible matches.
When you select an address returned by address lookup, Workday populates some address component fields, overwriting any existing information.