WORKDAY-PRO-HCM-CORE practice question 5 of 15

You need to give a security group permission to access the Change My Photo task. You do not know what security policy houses the task. What report…

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You need to give a security group permission to access the Change My Photo task. You do not know what security policy houses the task. What report could you run to determine the policy to which you need to assign the security group?

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Correct Answer:

Explanation

The View Security for Securable Item report is the designated tool within Workday for identifying which security policies and domains govern access to a specific item, such as a task, report, or business process. By running this report and specifying "Change My Photo" as the securable item, the administrator can directly view the associated domain security policy. This allows them to accurately assign the required security group to the correct policy to grant the necessary permissions.

Why Incorrect

A. View Security Groups for User shows which security groups a specific user belongs to, not which policy controls a task.

B. View Pending Security Policy Changes is an audit report for unactivated security changes, not a tool for discovering security configurations.

C. View Security Group provides details about a specific security group, but it does not help identify the policy for a task.

References

1. Workday Security Administration Documentation: The "Security Reports" section details the purpose of various security-related reports. It specifies that the View Security for Securable Item report is used to "view the security policies that secure a report

task

web service

or other securable item." This directly addresses the user's need to find the policy for the "Change My Photo" task. (Reference: Workday Security Administration Guide

Chapter: Security Reports

Section: Viewing Security for a Securable Item).

2. Workday HCM Core Fundamentals Courseware: In modules covering security administration

this report is introduced as a primary troubleshooting and configuration tool. The training material explains its use case: "When you need to grant access to a specific task but are unsure of the controlling domain

use the View Security for Securable Item report to find the exact security policy to modify." (Reference: Workday Pro HCM Core Training Manual

Module: Core Concepts and Navigation - Security

Topic: Security Troubleshooting).

Question 5 of 15

Question breakdown

Tests: Use security reports to find the governing policy
Difficulty: Easy

Key idea: View Security for Securable Item shows which domain or business process policy secures a given task or report.

How to reach the answer

The clue is that you know the task, Change My Photo, but not the policy that secures it.
You need a report that takes a task as input and returns its securing policy.
View Security for Securable Item does exactly that.
The other options start from users, groups, or pending changes rather than from the task.

Each option

AIncorrect. It lists a user's group memberships, not the policies that secure a task.
BIncorrect. It shows security changes not yet activated, not which policy secures a task.
CIncorrect. It describes a security group's setup, not the policy behind a specific task.
DCorrect. Entering the task returns the domain or policy that secures it, so you know where to add the group.

Common trap: View Security Group sounds relevant because you are assigning a group, but it does not reveal which policy secures a task.

In practice: Administrators run this report constantly when users report missing tasks, to find the domain to edit before activating changes.

Remember: When you know the task but not its domain, run View Security for Securable Item.

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