Why?

This is part of Workday's semiannual feature release by the vendor to keep the platform up to date. 

Impact

Workday users will notice small changes in the platform's look and feel.

Benefits

Most of the noteworthy changes for this fall were made to improve the platform's accessibility.

Action Needed

None

Details

BLUE BUTTONS - The default button color will change from orange to blue to improve the color contrast between the text and background colors to enhance accessibility.

Screenshot of the old and new buttons for Submit, OK, and Request Absence.

   

RELATED ACTIONS - The icon is now blue and oval, providing improved contrast and clarity.

Screenshot comparing the old and new related actions buttons.

   

ENHANCED TABLE ACCESSIBILITY - Basic tables are now easier to use and more accessible for screen reading software. The scroll or pagination options for large tables improve user experience by making it easier to view and interact with them.

Screen readers can now announce:

  • Column header names while reading across rows.
  • Row header names, while reading up or down columns.
  • Column sort order, ascending or descending.
  • Instructions for sorting a column, when applicable.
  • Required fields.

   

RERUN THE MY TASKS PRODUCT TOUR - Users can now rerun the product tour whenever they want to learn more about My Tasks features. Just click the question mark icon in the navigation panel when viewing My Tasks.

   

WORKDAY ASSISTANT MOVING TO SEARCH - The floating Workday assistant icon in the lower right corner of the screen will be hidden. You can still access Assistant using the chat icon in the top Application Header bar next to Notifications and My Tasks.

   

AI ENHANCED SEARCH - Displays a new Workday Assistant summary powered by AI in the Top Results on the search results page. The Workday Assistant summary provides personalized results for commonly searched queries such as "my team's hire date" and "my location."

Screenshot of what search results look like when Simplified Search is Disabled.

  

Screenshot of what search results look like when Simplified Search is Enabled.

   

NAVIGATION MENU CHANGES - a few weeks after the feature release, there will be improvements to the global navigation menu. Additional information will be published just before the change takes place.