Workday Security Interview Questions
There is no inheritance for business process security policies
True
Roles are used to drive business process management (true / false)
Yes
Which type of security groups is optional and customer-defined?
Job Based Security Group is optional
What type of Security Group are these: Report Writer; Setup Administrator
User Based Security Group
Editing a security policy takes effect immediately
False (Need to ‘Activate Pending Security Policy Changes)
The following are true about User-Based Security Groups
Grants access across the system
Multiple people can be members if same user-based security group
Is it possible to activate a previous timestamp while making changes needed to fix present security configuration?
Yes
You may configure securable actions and securable reporting items in a domain security policy.
False
The following report views permissions the specified user has an action & also security policies and groups that grant access
Security Analysis for Action
What are the different ways to assign security groups
By the system based on a process
Manually
Is Report Writer a role-based security group
No
Which of the following is not securable area of business process
Create new sub-processes
In case a secured item is included in more than one domain security policy, workers who are granted different levels of access permission in different domains get the most access granted
True
The following report views all domain security policies and business process security policies that use the security group:
Action Summary for Security Group
Editing a child security policy does not affect inheritance in any of the others
True
Which Security Group is required for you to access custom reports
Report Writer User Based Security Group
Can a role-based security tag to more than one org?
Yes
In Security Breach, whom should you contact?
What are the steps to create Role Based Security?
Steps-Org Role>>Maintain Org Role>>Attach the Role
What are the two components of Workday Security?
Domain Security
Business Security
How to disable Functional area?
Maintain Functional area
How to activate security policy?
Activate pending Security Policy
What determines access to landing page?
Security
Which Report is used to see the Security Policy?
View Security for Securable Item
Defined tasks and reports that are functionally similar
Domains
This dictates who can view / modify data w/in the domain
Domain Security Policies
What dictates who can participate in the business process
Business Process Policies
Type of security group automatically assigned based on user’s job criteria
Job based security group
Security policies designate permissions for security groups to view, or view and modify tasks within the domain
Domain Security Policy
Security Policies contain such securable items as initiation steps, step actions, and actions on the process as a whole
Business Process Security Policy
Can you reassign a task to anyone?
No (It can be assigned to the users who have relevant security group in BP Security Policy).
Which dictates who can participate in BP?
Business Process Security Policy
------------ are assigned to users based on administrative responsibility
User-based
------------ are found as a related action off worker’s name
User-based
----------- are assigned to users are based on criteria selected
Job based
------------- are used to only approve business process management tasks; they do not determine task or report access and cannot initiate a business process
Job roles
--------- report views all details about security group membership, security policies in which the group is used, the permissions it has and the functional area
View Security Group
------- is automatically assigned based on criteria selected
Job based
------------- is used to restore inheritance in a child policy
Use Parent Permissions
