Introduction

For a functional overview of how the integration works, see Functional Overview .

The Element451 integration with Workday sends application data from Element451 to Workday and then performs a follow-up lookup to retrieve key Workday-generated identifiers.

At a high level, the integration:

  1. exports the student/application record from Element451
  2. transforms the record into the Workday format
  3. checks whether the student already exists in Workday
  4. validates that the application can be sent
  5. creates the application in Workday using the Workday Admissions SOAP service
  6. saves Workday-generated identifiers back into Element451
  7. performs a delayed follow-up lookup to retrieve the Workday Student Reference ID and institutional email when available

Scope of This Guide

This section provides a high-level technical overview of what occurs after a Workday integration process is triggered by the webhook (see Functional Overview).

The process described here reflects the standard shared Workday integration flow. Some partners may have additional project-specific customization, but the standard process is built around Element451 → Workday application creation and delayed retrieval of Workday-generated values.

Primary Tool

Element451 uses Dagster to orchestrate Workday integration processes.

Dagster manages the sequence of operations used to: