Workday Prism Analytics

Score7.1 out of 10

18 Reviews and Ratings

What is Workday Prism Analytics?

Workday Prism Analytics is a scalable data hub that enables Finance and HR to securely ingest, blend, and transform high volumes of data from any source—integrated with Workday’s people and financial data. Prism Analytics powers deeper insights across Workday HCM, Financials, and Adaptive Planning, helping teams make smarter decisions without heavy IT reliance. Built on a high-performance Spark engine with machine learning-based resource management, multi-cloud support, and a tables-based architecture, Prism Analytics is designed to scale—supporting 1.1M monthly users, 30M queries, and 215T processed data rows. It also works alongside existing data warehouses and BI tools, enriching the organization's data ecosystem while keeping it governed and accessible.

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Data management
Built-in data management capabilities
Category average: 8.3
Data integration
Integration with a wide range of HRMS, ATS and other systems to provide comprehensive data for insight and decision making
Category average: 8.2

Amanda Donaldson View profile

Key Account Manager in Finance and Accounting at Wynn Las Vegas (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Nearly every employee in my organization uses Workday Prism Analytics to perform data analysis procedures. Based on my experience, Workday Prism Analytics is a great solution that makes it easy and effective to make fully informed decisions by consolidating data in one integrated solution for real-time visualization.

Pros

Consolidate structured, unstructured and geospatial data from data sources.
Self-service analytics-zero coding and no license are needed to visualize data with Workday Prism Analytics.
Bring data together through multiple options (API, SFTP and browser file uploads).

Cons

Adding more video tutorials and articles on how to customize and use all features should be better.
Pricing should be slightly lowered or offer discounts.

Most Important Features

Self-service analytics: involves drag and drop dimensions which requires zero coding.
Data governance: Apply contextual security for data access.
Data management and integration tools.
Self-service data preparation features.

Return on Investment

Can be accessed through desktop, tablet and mobile devices.
Maximize profits by reducing workloads since data preparation to visualization is automated.
Cleansing of data enables us to make informed decisions.

Alternatives Considered

Visier People

Other Software Used

Oracle Data Visualization Cloud

David Alonso

Patient Access Representative in Customer Service at University of Miami (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Workday Prism Analytics is crucial in tracking employee timecards as well as integrating them into a system that allows employees to keep track of their PTO and previous paystubs. The product combines a multitude of offerings into a single interface that presents users with a synchronized source of data for the workplace. As an employee it allows me to personally keep track of my time off and coordinate that with any potential vacations and/or my overall schedule. It allows me to analyze my paystubs in-depth to determine deductions in pay and the time for which I am compensated. In my previous workplace, this information was restricted to the manager. By offering this to employees, it leads to a much smoother process.

Pros

Keeping track of paystubs.
Allowing the use and tracking of time off.
Allowing for internal referrals for job offerings.

Cons

Internal referrals can use a simpler interface. Some options are difficult to use.
Making it easier to access employee documents.
Accessibility of entering a specific paystub.

Most Important Features

Tracking of data and employee documentation/demographics.
Updating time off.
Paystub registering.

Return on Investment

Improved ROI by decreasing the necessary time investment that managers must make to upkeep employee data sectors.
Improved ease of access for employees, reducing unnecessary communication between employees and management.
Has led to fewer accounting errors overall.

Kunal Sonalkar View profile

Supply Chain Data Analytics & Machine Learning in Information Technology at Publix Super Markets (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Workday Prism Analytics to gather data from multiple data sources and bring them to search, discover and gain insights from it. This is primarily used for vendor management by our supply chain team. It helps in processing vendor contracts, getting insights from the different rates quoted by various vendors. This is fairly intuitive software for someone who is a beginner in this domain.

Pros

Data gathering
Can interoperate with various APIs
Data governance is pretty straightforward

Cons

Pricing can be made better, subscription based pricing will work well
Documentation and how to use demo videos can be made more instructional
Connections to programming languages like R can help too

Most Important Features

Data governance
API capability
Central hub for gathering all the data

Return on Investment

Reducing spend on IT resources
Faster decision making by finance and HR teams
Creating a data warehouse in one-place by both the teams

Alternatives Considered

SAP Workforce Analytics

Other Software Used

ADP Streamline Payroll, SAP Workforce Analytics, Google Analytics

Dan Munoz

HR Manager in Human Resources at BSS (51-200 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We have actually found great utility in using Workday for recruiting and timekeeping amongst its other benefits in HR, payroll, etc. It's very user-friendly and easy to implement compared to some other nightmare programs we've tried! I would recommend Workday to any sized business. I can see it being useful in all aspects for everyone. Reminds me of Zenefits but more capable.

Pros

Recruting/ATS
Human Resources
Timekeeping/Payroll

Cons

Truly can't find any other areas at the moment that I would prefer be improved.

Most Important Features

User friendly interface
Many HR programs integrated into one platform
Affordable pricing for medium-larger businesses

Return on Investment

I haven't seen any negative affects so far

Other Software Used

Zenefits, Gusto, SharpSpring from Constant Contact

Matt Townsley

Registration Specialist in Customer Service at Carvana (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Workday Prism Analytics is used by our business to provide clarity across teams on schedules, pay, benefits, and leadership coordination. It provides easy access to everyone to things such as payslips, provider information, leadership structures and contact information, as well as providing an easy way to update schedules and provide feedback.

Pros

Ease of access to schedule systems
Timely updates of financial docs
Interactive feedback between management and employees

Cons

updating benefits are clunky
Mainscreen doesn't display main functions
learning platform is a bit glitchy

Most Important Features

Pay tracking
Schedule editing
Benefits tracking

Return on Investment

Employees spend less time managing schedules
Benefits are explained well meaning less HR time is needed
Pay discrepancies are fixed quicker

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