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Unlocking Efficiency with Workday's Mass Operation Management Capabilities

Written by Kelly Bradley | Apr 16, 2025 2:07:09 PM

In a growing organization operating in a fast-paced environment, there's always something to be done and a deadline to meet. This constant pressure makes it essential for businesses to stay organized and efficient. To keep up, organizations are increasingly focusing on streamlining and automating their operations. This allows them to free up valuable time and resources, ultimately enabling them to concentrate on what truly matters: driving growth and creating value.

This is where Workday's Mass Operations Management capabilities come into play. By automating and efficiently managing large volumes of tasks, processes and transactions, businesses can remain agile, focused and aligned with their core objectives. 

With this in mind, our team has put together a guide to the various Mass Operation Types within Workday, along with some of the most popular use cases.

Helpful tip: If a process is labeled as *can be scheduled recurring, these operations are triggered by custom reports with defined criteria that can be set to run at a specified frequency, such as daily, weekly or monthly. 

 

# 1 |   Advance Business Process *can be scheduled recurring

The ability to advance business processes efficiently is crucial for maintaining workflow momentum. Workday allows users to automate the progression of tasks within business processes, ensuring things don’t get stalled. 

  • Submit Onboarding Setup 
  • Mass Approve Time and Time Off 


# 2 |   Cancel Business Process *can be scheduled recurring

For certain scenarios, it’s necessary to cancel business processes that are no longer needed or actionable. Common use cases for canceling business processes include: 

  • Inbox Items for Terminated Workers 
  • Change Benefits Older Than 31 Days
  • Change Benefits for Life Events Exceeding Enrollment Window 
  • In Progress Worker Data Events Over a Year Old 


# 3 |   Cancel Learning Enrollments

In situations where learning enrollments need to be canceled, Workday allows mass cancellations to save time and reduce administrative burden. 


# 4 |   Cancel Review Document Step

Organizations can quickly cancel review document steps that are in progress, ensuring that unnecessary or outdated tasks are eliminated. * Note - ensure you don't cancel documents required for compliance


# 5 |   Cancel To-Do

To-Dos are often left unaddressed, causing them to accumulate in inboxes over time. Workday allows for the efficient mass cancellation of these tasks. 


# 6 |   Escalate Business Process Step *can be scheduled recurring

For steps that need to be moved up the approval chain, Workday allows the escalation of business process steps to keep things moving forward. 


# 7 |   Reassign Business Process Step *can be scheduled recurring

Changing responsibilities or updating roles within workflows can be handled efficiently with mass reassignment of business process steps. For example: 

  • Reassign Steps If a New Primary Recruiter is Assigned to a Job Req


# 8 |   Rescind Business Process

Workday provides the ability to rescind business processes if a task or step needs to be undone or reversed.


# 9 |   Redirect Inbox Items

Applies to Redirect Events within the Review Documents business process step, reducing manual effort by allowing you to define redirect actions for integration failures. 


# 10 |   Journeys *can be scheduled recurring

Workday Journeys help guide employees through various lifecycle events. Mass operation features within Journeys include: 

  • Distribute Journeys 
  • Edit Journey Status 

# 11 |   Staffing *can be scheduled recurring

Workday enables the management of staffing-related operations at scale, including: 

  • Initiation of Contingent Worker Contract End 
  • Initiation of Termination


# 12 |   Advanced Compensation *can be scheduled recurring

Managing compensation processes is simplified with mass operations. Use cases include: 

  • Mass Create/Delete Compensation Statements 
  • Mass Add/Remove Workers from Compensation Review 
  • Override Dates and Reasons 


# 13 |   Compensation *can be scheduled recurring

Mass compensation updates help organizations manage salary data efficiently. Examples include: 

  • Calculated Plan Assignment Updates by Position 
  • Compensation Plan Assignment Currency Conversion 


# 14 |   Performance/Feedback

Performance management tasks can be efficiently handled in bulk, including: 

  • Mass Launch Feedback Requests *can be scheduled recurring
  • Cancel Feedback Requests *can be scheduled recurring
  • Mass Assess My Team’s Potential *can be scheduled recurring
  • Advance In-Progress Reviews 
    -      Advance performance reviews for calibration 

 

To ensure that all processes are correctly managed, you can use the Business Process Configuration Options report to identify which processes are cancelable, advanceable, or rescindable. 

In a world where speed, accuracy and scalability are essential for success, Workday’s Mass Operation Management tools offer a powerful solution to keep your tenant organized and efficient, helping your business stay on course and focused on its most important goals. 

Reach out to Invisors today if you’re looking to set up Mass Operation Management and streamline your business processes—Invisors will guide you in implementing + optimizing your Mass Operation Management processes for maximum efficiency.