Workday provides an intuitive, modern Internet user experience (UE) for all workers in a business, from power users to casual users. The system is architected to take advantage of the constantly evolving innovations in user experience technologies. By keeping the UE separate from the business logic in the applications Workday is able to leverage the latest user experience technology without rewriting the applications. As proof of this, Workday is the only enterprise application with a 100% Adobe Flex-based UE.

Rich Internet applications for the enterprise

Traditional enterprise applications are tied to antiquated UE technology which is targeted for back-office power users, requiring significant investment in training and making it very difficult for other business users to effectively use the applications. And because of how these applications are architected, implementing modern UE technologies can only be done on an add-on basis. Workday's solutions are designed to satisfy the rich needs of back-office power users, while being simple for the occasional user, minimizing training and increasing the overall usefulness of the solutions across the entire enterprise.

Workday's architecture separates the UE from the underlying business logic. The result is that Workday can fully embrace and take advantage of the significant evolution in UE technology as it happens. For example, after starting with a 100% generated DHTML UE, Workday's moved to a 100% Adobe Flex-based UE without disrupting any aspects of the underlying business logic.

Taking advantage of the most modern UE technology enables Workday to continually offer a targeted experience for casual users, managers, and power users in the enterprise.

• Minimal training for casual users. Casual users only need to understand how to follow a link to get information and how to push a button to make changes—just like they experience using the Internet at home. There is no need to take training courses to learn about menus or how to search in order to make the application work for them. On their "All About Me" homepage they are just a click away from where they need to go to see data or take action.
• Simplifying the work for managers. Managers get quick and easy views of the data they care about on their "My Workday" homepage via Worklets, or small windows that contain role specific data, tasks, or links.
  • Managers can access their most commonly used tasks and reports directly from their homepage via their Quicklinks and Inbox Worklet to get to workflow approvals. They can also view embedded graphs of key processes they need to monitor such as progress of departmental performance reviews.
  • Managers can also access a graphical organization chart that serves as the single destination for workforce management with links to relevant actions, such as staffing and compensation administration transactions, and reporting.
• Efficient for power users. Power users need shortcuts throughout the system and tools to support multi-tasking. Workday supports these needs with slide out "workpanes," which let a power user check the status of a business process or view a favorite report without leaving the work in process on their main window. Robust search capabilities are included giving the ability to quickly search available transactions and reports as well as business data.
• Configurable homepages. Workday's homepages (e.g. My Workday, All About Me and Benefits Home Page) present multiple small windows, or "Worklets," with role specific data, tasks or links. Data in Worklets is "live," allowing users the same drill down, filtering, related actions and charting capabilities available in reports.

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