#happy2022workday day-098
Happy 2022 day-098! Today’s Extend Example…
Got Workday Extend?
Yesterday’s focus on JSON was to prepare you for this Workday Extend “code” snippet. Just as Workday Studio requires XML, Workday Extend requires JSON.
Today’s picture shows some lines of Workday Extend JSON on the left, and the resulting UI inside of #Workday on the right:
1) The name:value pair of “type” (name) and “title” (value) prepares the Workday Extend app for the next line (the lines are numbered, so see line 6) which specifies a “label” of “Employee Groups app”. The red arrow shows where this “label” appears inside of your Workday Extend app.
Note this is your own app inside of Workday. You can define whatever you like.
If this picture might make it look easy, I’m watching to not oversimplify. I’ve taken 3 Workday Extend training classes and am thinking that Workday Extend might have a steeper learning curve than Workday Studio. The picture shows the importance of understanding the JSON format in order to write a Workday Extend app.
2) The name:value pair of “type” (name) and “richText” (value) prepares the Workday Extend app for lines 14 and 15. Arrows show where that text appears in your app.
3) The name:value pair of “type” (name) and “dropdown” (value) prepares the Workday Extend app for an instanceList (line 20) of possible selections, such as Group A (line 23), Group B, and Group C.
I am stopping with this example of a dropdown as it is just one of many UI features that could be included in a Workday Extend app. Feel free to comment if you would like more information on various other UI features available in Workday Extend.
As far as the JSON files needed to implement logic, take action, and do more than simply display titles, richText and dropdowns, that involves many hours of learning and goes beyond the current scope of these daily #happy2022workday posts. But, I wish somebody had introduced me to JSON and this example before I took the first of the 3 Workday Extend developer classes. So, hoping this helps those who have purchased Workday Extend and are about to attend the training.