Configuring BMC Helix Business Workflows to use Workday APIs

As an administrator, to configure BMC Helix Business Workflows to connect to Workday APIs by using BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit, you must perform the following actions:

Before you begin

Ensure that you meet the following requirements:

• You must have an active BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit instance and an active Workday instance.
• You must deploy and configure Workday operations on your BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit instance.

To configure BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit

Contact your BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit account representative to deploy and configure Workday operations on your BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit instance.

To create a Web API connection 

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio.
2. Click the Administration tab, and select Connections > Web APIs.

3. On the Web API Connection page, click New, and specify the following field values:

   Field	Value
   General
   Name	Jitterbit
   Host Name	Specify the BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit instance host name that is configured in the BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit APIs.
   Port	443
   Protocol	HTTPS
   Authentication	Basic
   Authentication
   Login	Specify the username that is configured in the BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit APIs.
   Password	Specify the password that is configured in the BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit APIs.

4. Click Save.

To configure the APIs in Task Management Service

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio.
2. From the Workspace tab, navigate to the Task Management Service library.
3. In the Task Management Service library, click Web APIs, and open the Jitterbit API.
4. In the Details section, edit the Path value to match the BMC Helix iPaaS, powered by Jitterbit endpoint.
5. Save the changes.

To validate the automated task processes

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio.
2. From the Workspace tab, navigate to the Task Management Service library.
3. In the Task Management Service library, click Processes.
4. For the processes Request Leave of Absence from Workday, Update Employee Address in Workday, Get Time Off Balance from Workday, and Update Legal Name in Workday, perform the following steps:
   
   1. Open the process, and select the Call Jitterbit API element.
   2. In the Input Map section of the Call Jitterbit API element, set the Connection value as Jitterbit, and save the process.

To set connection alias mapping

1. Log in to BMC Helix Innovation Studio, and navigate to the Administration tab. 
2. Select Configure My Server > Connection Mappings > Web API.

3. From the Select Application list, select the Task application.

4. In Connection Configuration, select the Connection value as Jitterbit.
5. Click Save.

For more information about connection mappings, see Mapping the REST API web service request alias to an appropriate connection .

Where to go from here

Creating cases to perform operations on Workday person data