WORKDAY DATA CLOUD
Open. Secure. Built for you.
Unleash the full potential of your HR and finance data with bidirectional data access across your entire enterprise. The zero-copy technology of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud eliminates complex data pipelines so you can securely access insights in real time.
Accelerating innovation through partnership
WHAT YOU CAN DO
The data you need, when and where you need it
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud provides the flexibility to choose the right tool for your specific data needs. Access ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ data from your preferred partner data lake and BI tools, or access, map and transform information from partner data lakes directly in ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, enriching your existing native ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ data.
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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Lake
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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Live Data Query
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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Prism Data Management
Overcoming challenges
Eliminate data egress and ingress headaches
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud eliminates the friction of moving data, allowing you to securely connect people and finance insights, accelerate AI initiatives, and power analytics, reporting and decision making.
Accelerate time to value
Get direct access to live information through Live Data Query or a seamless, zero-copy view of your data catalogue via ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Lake.
Cut integration complexity
With direct, open standard connections, your platforms talk directly to ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, making your data architecture simpler, faster, and more secure.
Reduce risk
Our zero-copy architecture helps your organisation maintain governance and security without duplicating data.
Optimise your investment
Keep your enterprise data strategy intact. Access ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ data from your existing BI tools, data lakes and warehouses without the need to rearchitect.
¡°The partnership between Snowflake and ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ is a major step forward in how companies can leverage their most valuable asset: their data.¡±
WHY WORKDAY
Connect real-time insight to real-world action
In today¡¯s data-driven world, accessing critical enterprise data shouldn¡¯t be the hardest part of your job. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud changes that.
A single source of truth with full context
By providing a single system with one data model for HR and finance, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud is the only solution that takes your trusted people and money data and makes it securely available across your entire company.
Contextualised data at the core
Unlike traditional data extraction methods that strip data of its meaning, our approach projects the semantic richness of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ into your entire data ecosystem, unlocking key business context across your enterprise.
Integrated analysis and action
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ lets you do something no other platform can: turn data into real-world results instantly, without leaving your workflow. Insights from ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ data in external platforms trigger an immediate business process directly in ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ.
Open, secure design
Openness shouldn¡¯t compromise security. Our zero-copy direct access approach uses the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ security model, with permissions and governance policies already configured into the core platform.
Data access made simple
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud replaces brittle, expensive ETL pipelines with direct, zero-copy access to your enterprise data ¨C overcoming data latency and other pain points by making seamless integration a built-in feature.
Advanced analytics and AI
By embracing open industry standards like Apache Iceberg and JDBC, we maximise flexibility and avoid integration vendor lock-in, protecting your ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ investment as your data strategy evolves.
AI Agents
Go all in on agentic AI ¨C simply and securely
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud uses trusted people and finance data to power ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Agents, partner agents and your custom agents built on ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Build. This unified foundation ensures all agents act directly within your business processes with governance and audit controls.
¡°With ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ as part of our Zero-Copy Partner Network, we are giving customers secure access to comprehensive HR, finance and CRM data on our connected platform.¡±
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
FAQs
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud offers two options for zero-copy bi-directional connectivity:?
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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Lake offers zero-copy access to a single, curated set of ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ¡¯s most important people and finance data ¨C organised, trusted and ready to use.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Live Data Query offers live access to people and finance data ¨C so decisions are based on what¡¯s happening now, not yesterday.
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²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud also adds the ability to read data into ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ through Apache Iceberg.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud will initially support connections to and from the following platforms: Databricks, Google Cloud, Salesforce Data 360 and Snowflake. We plan to add support for additional technology platforms in future.
Starting with Early Adopter, customers will be able to leverage the custom Live Data Query driver with their tool of choice.
²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ Data Cloud will be available to public cloud customers.
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