Manual testing comes with the risk of breaking critical processes, security, or integrations and can also cause your project significant delays.
Alight’s Workday Automated Testing tool powered by Cloudbera Genie simplifies regression testing during upgrades or enhancements to your Workday tenant. This saves your teams time, enables sustainable and reusable testing, while also mitigating risk to protect your investment.
Let Alight’s Workday Automated Testing work for you — trusted by over 100 Workday clients.
Customer success stories
Public sector
CHALLENGE
Tight timeline with limited resources
(3 weeks to test end-to-end)
SOLUTION & RESULTS
- 14 days of automation testing
- Automated HCM platform testing
- Data mining and data staging automated
- 980 test scenarios: 21,168 total steps
- 8,624 security validations completed

Shipping and logistics
CHALLENGE
Test additional countries in Workday quickly
SOLUTION & RESULTS
- 49 days of automation testing
- Integration data staging automated (e.g., 200 new hires in one afternoon)
- Successful regression testing
- 6,904 test scenarios: 88,786 total steps
- 10,933 security validations automated

Technology
CHALLENGE
Timeline constraint with penalty
(>$1M per month fines at risk)
SOLUTION & RESULTS
- 16 days of automated testing
- Automated 100% of end-to-end functional test execution
- Managed manual integration testing for client
- Live on time, moving fully off legacy systems
- Fines averted
- 1,444 test scenarios: 17,144 total steps

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FAQ
What is Workday automated testing?
Workday automated testing ensures that your integrations and enhancements are functioning as intended. Testing automation can take place during deployment or anytime changes are made. Testing automation ensures that requirements are met, bugs and defects are prevented, and performance is improved.
What is the timeline to set up Workday automated testing?
Workday automated testing takes 2-4 weeks to implement.
Why is Workday Automated testing important?
Workday automated testing ensures your tenant is working as expected so that your business processes can run smoothly, clear of any defects.
Do I have to be live on Workday already?
You do not need to be live on Workday to use our automated testing tool. Organisations looking to deploy Workday or are already in deployment can benefit from implementing automated testing.
Alight's Workday Automated Testing
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