You would like to create an advanced report that contains information about employees and their dependents. Where can you go to identify the field that links the two business objects, Worker and Dependent?

The Business Object Details report is a fundamental metadata tool in Workday used to understand the structure and relationships of a business object. To find the linking field between two business objects, such as Worker and Dependent, the most direct and comprehensive method is to view the Related Business Objects tab on this report for the primary business object (Worker). This tab explicitly lists all business objects that have a direct relationship, showing the path or field that connects them.

A. The Columns tab of a report definition: This tab is used to add fields to a report after the data source and its relationships are already understood, not to discover them.
B. The Related Business Object column of the Report Fields report: While this report can show that a field links to another business object, it is less direct than the Business Object Details report for viewing all relationships in a consolidated way.
D. The business object's Related Actions > Reporting > Report Fields and Values: This is a navigation path to run the Report Fields report (as in option B), not the most purpose-built tool for exploring all object-to-object relationships.

1. Workday

Inc. (2023). Reporting & Analytics: Advanced Reporting Guide.

Section: "Business Objects and Data Sources"

Page/Paragraph: In the subsection "Viewing Business Object Details

" the guide states

"To see a list of all business objects related to your primary business object

select the Related Business Objects tab. This is essential for planning reports that need to pull data from multiple

linked objects."

2. Workday

Inc. (2023). Workday Reporting: Calculated Fields.

Section: "Understanding Business Object Relationships"

Page/Paragraph: This section explains

"Before building a report or a calculated field that spans multiple business objects

best practice is to run the Business Object Details report. The Related Business Objects tab provides a clear map of how data is connected

showing the fields that link to other objects like Worker to Dependent."