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Live Data Query

Query live Workday data and historical lake data together in a single sub-second pass, directly from the business intelligence tools, notebooks, and agents you already use.

Video Capabilities

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KEY capabilities

Data access and processing. Across every tool.

Run complex queries across live and historical Workday data at once, from the tools you already use, without slowing down the transactions that run your business.

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100+ hours

saved per complex report vs. RaaS

15 tables

joined across nine complex configurations in minutes, not weeks

2-3x

faster than legacy RaaS extraction

Live Data Query benefits

Live data, maximized.

01

Decide on what’s happening now.

Every dashboard and agent works from live operational data and historical trends together, not last night’s export, giving you the real-time context needed for strategic decision-making.

02

Leverage your existing data tools.

Keep the tools you’ve standardized on. Tableau, Power BI, notebooks, and SQL clients connect natively, with no pipelines to rebuild.

03

Retire brittle extracts.

Replace RaaS pulls, overnight batches, and custom ETL with a single governed connection built for large, multi-table queries.

04

Enforce governance on every query.

Workday’s security and business context apply to every row and column at query time. If a user can’t see it in Workday, they can’t see it through Live Data Query.

05

Give agents the full picture.

Agents reason over live operational data and deep history in one fast pass, so they act on what’s true right now, not last night’s export.

RESOURCES

Gain insights and inspiration.

Blog

Meet the New Workday Data Cloud

Video

Live Data Query in Action

Live Data Query FAQs.

What is Workday Live Data Query?

Will analytical queries slow down my Workday tenant?

Which tools can connect?

How does security work?

Live Data Query applies your existing Workday security model at query time, using the same roles, domains, and security groups, with table-, column-, and row-level controls. Data platforms connect through an Integration System User; analytics and AI tools can connect as the signed-in user. If a user can't see it in Workday, they can't see it through Live Data Query.

Live Data Query

KEY capabilities

Data access and processing. Across every tool.

Unified Data Engine

Open Standard Connections

Built-In Governance

Isolated Resource Pools

High-Volume Queries

Zero-Copy Bi-Directional Federation

Governed Prism Data Preparation

Query the live Transactional Memory Graph and the Agent Lake in one pass. An open-source Trino engine provides secure access—sub-second, zero ETL.

Connect through standard SQL and JDBC, native Power BI and Tableau connectors, or Python. Native MCP access for agents is in Early Access.

Inherit the security you already configured in Workday. Table-, column-, and row-level controls apply to every Live Data Query connection, from BI dashboards to agents.

Isolate heavy workloads in a dedicated resource pool. Heavy queries never compete with core operations.

Large queries that used to time out or hit size caps under legacy RaaS extraction now run and complete without issue.

Query data bi-directionally across Snowflake, BigQuery, and Databricks without moving data or building extra pipelines.

Ingest, transform, and blend external data with native Workday records—all inside the same secure environment.

Live Data Query benefits

Live data, maximized.

Decide on what’s happening now.

Every dashboard and agent works from live operational data and historical trends together, not last night’s export, giving you the real-time context needed for strategic decision-making.

Leverage your existing data tools.

Keep the tools you’ve standardized on. Tableau, Power BI, notebooks, and SQL clients connect natively, with no pipelines to rebuild.

Retire brittle extracts.

Replace RaaS pulls, overnight batches, and custom ETL with a single governed connection built for large, multi-table queries.

Enforce governance on every query.

Workday’s security and business context apply to every row and column at query time. If a user can’t see it in Workday, they can’t see it through Live Data Query.

Give agents the full picture.

Agents reason over live operational data and deep history in one fast pass, so they act on what’s true right now, not last night’s export.

Gain insights and inspiration.

Live Data Query FAQs.

What is Workday Live Data Query?

Will analytical queries slow down my Workday tenant?

Which tools can connect?

How does security work?

When should I use Live Data Query instead of zero-copy access to the Agent Lake?

Can agents use Live Data Query?

How is this different from RaaS extracts?

Ready to talk?

Live Data Query

KEY capabilities

Data access and processing. Across every tool.

Unified Data Engine

Open Standard Connections

Built-In Governance

Isolated Resource Pools

High-Volume Queries

Zero-Copy Bi-Directional Federation

Governed Prism Data Preparation

Query the live Transactional Memory Graph and the Agent Lake in one pass. An open-source Trino engine provides secure access—sub-second, zero ETL.

Live Data Query benefits

Live data, maximized.

Decide on what’s happening now.

Every dashboard and agent works from live operational data and historical trends together, not last night’s export, giving you the real-time context needed for strategic decision-making.

Leverage your existing data tools.

Keep the tools you’ve standardized on. Tableau, Power BI, notebooks, and SQL clients connect natively, with no pipelines to rebuild.

Retire brittle extracts.

Replace RaaS pulls, overnight batches, and custom ETL with a single governed connection built for large, multi-table queries.

Enforce governance on every query.

Workday’s security and business context apply to every row and column at query time. If a user can’t see it in Workday, they can’t see it through Live Data Query.

Give agents the full picture.

Agents reason over live operational data and deep history in one fast pass, so they act on what’s true right now, not last night’s export.

Gain insights and inspiration.

Live Data Query FAQs.

What is Workday Live Data Query?

Will analytical queries slow down my Workday tenant?

Which tools can connect?

How does security work?

When should I use Live Data Query instead of zero-copy access to the Agent Lake?

Can agents use Live Data Query?

How is this different from RaaS extracts?

Ready to talk?

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