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Last Updated: 2024-03-08
FAQ: Workday Home

FAQ: Workday Home

This topic contains frequently asked questions about the Workday home page.
How can I configure where the sections are on the home page?
You can't configure the location of each section on the home page, however, you can select to enable or disable some of these sections from the
Home Page Workspace
. See Concept: Home Page Workspace for more details.
How can I apply my company branding to my home page?
You can select to display a custom banner, logo, and colors to your tenant by accessing the
Configure Tenant Branding
 task. See Reference: Recommended Image Sizes for Tenant Branding for branding information and recommended image sizes.
What is the best practice to navigate through Workday?
You can use the
Global Navigation Menu
 that displays on the top-left corner of the page to access consistent navigation. The
Global Navigation Menu
 includes tasks, reports, and applications anywhere in Workday. If you know the name of the person or task/report you’re looking for, you can use the search at the top. Otherwise, you can review the actions and insights on the home page to complete important tasks and browse suggestions.
Which tasks can display in the Quick Tasks section?
Workday powers Quick Tasks by machine learning (ML) which learns user behavior and predict what tasks they want to perform upon logging in. Through ML, we'll analyze your past actions, your role, and aggregate behavior of other users with the same role from other production tenants. See Steps: Enable Quick Tasks on the People Experience Home Page for more information.
Why do I see a task that isn’t relevant to me in the Quick Tasks section?
The machine learning model takes around 4 weeks to fully analyze the production data and start providing the users with relevant tasks. It looks at a combination of these to determine which tasks to display:
  • Macro trends such as what tasks users with similar roles are executing.
  • Micro trends based on your task execution history.
Usage of other tasks by a cohort of users guides the machine learning model to recommend different tasks. Therefore, you can occasionally encounter tasks that can’t be relevant to you.
How can I enable insights and card content on the home page?
There are a variety of insights that you can enable to display on the home page. See Reference: Home Page Cards for a list of all these insights. You can navigate to the
Home Cards Workspace
 to
Add
 and
Publish
 them.
You can also go to the
People Experience Workspace
 and click the
Settings
 page in the
Home Page Workspace
 to enable and disable certain sections. You can refer to:
Which users can see the Team Highlights and Important Dates sections?
Workday now automatically identifies managers to determine whether to display the
Team Highlights
 and
Important Dates
 sections. For the
Team Highlights
 section to display, the user must have:
  • Access to direct report data.
  • Minimum 1 direct report.
Access the
View User Types
 report and click the
Search by User
 button to learn how users are identified as managers.
To view the
View User Types
 report, you must have configuration access to 1 of these security domains:
  • Set Up: People Experience Configuration
     that enables you to customize the home page.
  • Security:
    Security Configuration
     domain in the System functional area.