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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Configure Pipeline Field Mappings

Configure Pipeline Field Mappings

Security:
Manage: People Analytics
 domain in these functional areas:
  • People Analytics
  • Prism Analytics
When you configure a pipeline in People Analytics, you specify which fields to include for analysis. Workday provides a list of target fields grouped into categories, and you provide a source field to map to each target field. Each target field accepts specific field types. Example: The Ethnicity target field accepts either a Text or Instance field.
The fields you include and configure affect:
  • The data Storyteller uses for generating stories.
  • The metrics that People Analytics calculates for KPIs, vizzes, and stories.
  • How Workday enforces security for application viewers.
  • The filters available to application viewers.
The target fields that you configure in the Primary Hierarchy and Secondary Hierarchy categories must be identical in the worker and hiring pipelines. Make sure that you:
  • Select the same or compatible source fields.
  • Include the same target fields in each pipeline.
  • Enter the same display name.
  1. Access the
    Configure People Analytics
     report.
  2. Select
    Edit
     for either the
    Worker
     or
    Hiring
     pipeline.
  3. For each
    Target Field
    , decide whether or not to
    Include
     the field.
    Workday automatically includes fields that it requires for the functionality of People Analytics, based on topics of interest selected by you. Installation can’t proceed if you exclude any of these fields. Workday marks required fields with an asterisk (*). Workday also distinguished fields crucial for the effectiveness of data as "Recommended". If you exclude such a field, the People Analytics installation will work, but the missing data might negatively impacts metrics in the KPIs and vizzes, and in the stories generated.
  4. When you include a field, consider:
    Option Description
    Business Object
    The business object that includes the source field that you want to map to this target field.
    People Analytics only supports mapping source fields from the primary business object of a given pipeline and the related business objects of that primary business object. See Reference: Business Objects and Data Sources in People Analytics.
    Source Field
    The source field to map to this target field.
    Workday displays the fields from the selected business object that use any of the accepted field types for this target field.
    Select a compatible source field in both the worker and hiring pipelines for the same target field. Source fields are compatible when:
    • They use the same business object.
    • Any field values that they contain with the same display name use the same Workday ID.
    Display Name
    The name you want to display in the People Analytics application.
    Workday uses the display name in KPIs, vizzes, stories, all charts, and application filters on the
    People Analytics
     report.
    For more information, see Reference: Fields in People Analytics.
Finish configuring the People Analytics pipeline. If you need more time to configure the pipeline, you can
Save For Later
 to save the changes you've made so far.