Workday / Guide: Prism report naming

Objective

• To provide information about the adopted best practices for naming Prism objects in Workday

Scope

• Recommended naming standards and guidelines

User

• Prism Developers

Environment

• 1191721: Workday
  • Workday Prism

Prism Naming Guidelines

Tables

General Naming Guidelines

Development

Start with a standard abbreviation for the data source found below, followed by a space, then the Title, then the dataset or table type abbreviation found below.
<SRC><Title><Type>

• Be Specific - More detailed names are useful in communicating the purpose of the dataset
• Undersocres - Don’t use underscores in table / dataset names
• Ampersand(&) – Spell out the word ‘and’ instead of using an ampersand (&)
• Fields - Follow a standardized naming convention when adding fields to your tables and datasets

*Note: The Prism team will add abbreviations as new sources of data are identified.
Recommended abbreviations for the source of data

Datasets

General Naming Guidelines

Development

Begin with a descriptive title then the dataset type abbreviation found below.
<Title<Type>

• Be Specific - More detailed names are useful in communicating the purpose of the dataset
• Undersocres - Don’t use underscores in table / dataset names
• Ampersand(&) – Spell out the word ‘and’ instead of using an ampersand (&)
• Fields - Follow a standardized naming convention when adding fields to your tables and datasets

Recommended abbreviations for dataset and table types:

Data Source

General Naming Guidelines

Published

Begin with the abbreviation for the general area found below, followed by a space, then a descriptive title, then PDS.
<GA><Title><PDS>

• Be Specific - More detailed names are useful in communicating the purpose of the dataset
• Undersocres - Don’t use underscores in table / dataset names
• Ampersand(&) – Spell out the word ‘and’ instead of using an ampersand (&)
• Fields - Follow a standardized naming convention when adding fields to your tables and datasets

Tagging

Leverage tagging to organize the objects in the Data Catalog.

Concept: Data Catalog

Custom Reports

See the following for guidelines: Custom Report Naming Guidelines