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How do I connect Workday to Tilt?

Enter your credentials, test the connection, and save — the final step that starts data flowing into Tilt.

Once Workday-side setup is done, you enter your Workday domain, tenant name, and API client credentials into Tilt's Integrations settings to finish connecting the two systems.

Who this applies to / Prerequisites

  • HR or IT admins with admin access in Tilt.
  • You've completed all Workday-side setup: ISU, security group, permissions, activated policy changes, authentication policy, and API client registration (see the previous articles).
  • You have your Workday domain, tenant name, Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh Token on hand.

Steps

  1. In Tilt, click Org Settings and select Integrations.
  2. In the Workday tile, click Connect.
  3. Enter your Workday domain, without https:// and without /service at the end — for example, exampletest.myworkday.com/ccx.
  4. Enter your Workday tenant name.
  5. Enter the Client ID from the API client you registered in Workday.
  6. Enter the Client Secret from that same API client.
  7. Enter the Refresh Token you generated in Workday.
  8. Click Test Connection to confirm everything is working. This checks the connection only — it doesn't start pulling in any data yet.
  9. Click Save to finish setup and begin ingesting data from Workday.

What if it doesn't work

  • If Test Connection fails, double-check your Workday domain format — it should not include https:// or /service.
  • If the connection still fails, re-verify the Client ID, Client Secret, and Refresh Token were copied correctly from Workday — these are easy to mistype or truncate when copying.
  • If credentials look correct but the connection still fails, confirm the authentication policy and security policy changes in Workday were both activated — unactivated changes will block the connection even if every other field is correct.
  • If you're stuck after checking the above, contact Tilt Support with the exact error message shown after clicking Test Connection.

Limits and exceptions

  • Clicking Test Connection never pulls in data on its own — only Save starts data ingestion.
  • If you don't use Workday for payroll, expect a pay calendar ingestion error after saving — this is expected and doesn't affect the rest of the integration.
  • This article covers connecting the one-way integration only. It doesn't cover configuring 2-way leave data pushback behavior in Tilt itself.

Related questions

  • How do I register an API client for Tilt in Workday?
  • Why is Tilt showing an error when it tries to pull pay calendars from Workday?
  • What is the Tilt Workday integration, and how do I get set up?