--- category: [Homepages & Self-Service Sites, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Home Experience, Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend] keyword: [Extend, Orchestration, Orchestration Builder] nav: wcp_docs parent_url: /wcp_docs/ title: >- Example: Get And Create Workday Employee Data layout: subsection --- ### Scenario You want to retrieve and create values for these Workday employee data: - Whether the employee is a manager. - The employee's full name. - The employee's Workday ID. ### Steps 1. From the Components panel, drag Send Workday API Request and drop it between WORKDAY HOME CARD REQUEST and CREATE WORKDAY HOME CARD. Select the Send Workday API Request component you just dropped and: 1. Double-click SendWorkdayAPIRequest to rename the step to Get Workday Employee Data. 2. On the Properties panel, enter a Reference Name of getWorkdayEmployeeData. 3. Click Edit Properties. 2. Enter these values. 1. On the `GET` request row, click the + icon and paste `/common/v1/workers/me`. This API request returns the worker who is viewing the card. You must return a specific worker or else the API request will fail. 2. On the Settings tab, select Json as the Response Type. 3. Click Save Changes, then click Close. 3. From the Components panel, drag Create Values and drop it between SEND WORKDAY API REQUEST and CREATE WORKDAY HOME CARD. Select the Create Values component you just dropped and: 1. Double-click CreateValues to rename the step to Create Workday Employee Data. 2. On the Properties panel, enter a Reference Name of createWorkdayEmployeeData. 3. Click Edit Properties 4. Create these rows:
TypeKeyValue
BooleanisManager
  • Click the + icon and select Data from Orchestration Steps > Send Workday API Request > response.
  • Hover over getWorkdayEmployeeData.response, click the fx icon, and select booleanAtJsonPathWithDefault.
  • Hover over path, click the + icon, and enter $.isManager.
  • Hover over defaultValue, click the + icon, enter false, and select Add boolean false
StringfullName
  • Click the + icon and select Data from Orchestration Steps > Send Workday API Request > response.
  • Hover over getWorkdayEmployeeData.response, click the fx icon, and select stringAtJsonPath.
  • Hover over path, click the + icon, and enter $.descriptor.
StringworkerID
  • Click the + icon and select Data from Orchestration Steps > Send Workday API Request > response.
  • Hover over getWorkdayEmployeeData.response, click the fx icon, and select stringAtJsonPath.
  • Hover over path, click the + icon, and enter $.id.

5. Click Save Changes, then click Close. ### Result You can now access Workday employee data in subsequent components in the orchestration. ### Next Steps See [Example: Branch On Manager Condition](/wcp_docs/ugp1630014423871.html).