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  Concept: Prism Analytics REST API
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Workday provides the Prism Analytics REST API web service that works with Prism Analytics tables, data change tasks, and datasets. You can develop a software program that uses the different resource endpoints to programmatically create Prism Analytics tables and datasets and modify data in them.

Workday provides these versions of the Prism Analytics REST APIs:

<table><thead><tr><th>Version</th><th>Description</th><th>REST Resources</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>3</td><td>You can use version 3 to: <ul><li>Create tables.
</li><li>Edit tables.
</li><li>Load data into datasets using buckets.
</li><li>Change the data in tables by running a data change task that you create in the web interface. Example: You can insert new data, or update or delete existing data in a table.
</li><li>Download error files for data change activities.
</li></ul> <p>Workday recommends using version 3.</p></td><td><ul><li>/tables
</li><li>/buckets
</li><li>/fileContainers
</li><li>/dataChanges
</li><li>/dataActivities
</li></ul> <p>Version 3 includes multiple approaches for changing data in a table:</p><ul><li>Use the fileContainers and dataChanges resources together. We recommend using this approach.
</li><li>Use the buckets resource. We don't recommend using this approach.
</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Workday doesn't recommend using version 2. <p>You can use version 2 to:</p><ul><li>Create tables.
</li><li>Edit tables.
</li><li>Load data into datasets using wBuckets.
</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>/datasets
</li><li>/wBuckets
</li></ul> <p>When you use v2 with the datasets resource, Workday creates a table instead of a dataset.</p></td></tr><tr><td>1</td><td>Workday doesn't recommend using version 1. <p>You can use version 1 to:</p><ul><li>Create API base datasets.
</li><li>Edit API base datasets.
</li><li>Load data into API base datasets using wBuckets.
</li></ul></td><td><ul><li>/datasets
</li><li>/wBuckets
</li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

See the Workday REST Services Directory on Workday Community for details on the version 3 REST resources. This Administrator Guide includes the documentation for the version 1 and version 2 resources.

<b>Note:</b> If you're new to Workday, you don't have access to version 1 to create or edit base datasets.

### Related Information

[Workday REST Services Directory](https://community.workday.com/sites/default/files/file-hosting/restapi/index.html)