Connect Workday to Perplexity
Give Perplexity governed access to Workday’s 60 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Workday to Perplexity in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Approve Workday in Runlayer
Add Workday from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.
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Connect Perplexity to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Workday’s 60 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Perplexity setup guide - 3
Sign in to Workday
Sign in the way Workday requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Workday from Perplexity
Workday’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
60 Workday tools in Perplexity
Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call. 40 read data only and 20 can change or delete data.
Request time off
Submit a time off request for a worker.
Get time off details
Get paginated time off entries for a worker with optional filters.
Get time off entry
Get a specific time off entry by ID.
Get time off balances
Get paginated absence balances for a worker.
Get eligible absence types
Get paginated absence types a worker is eligible to request.
Validate time off dates
Validate one or more requested time off dates for a worker.
Correct time off entry
Submit corrections for entries from one approved time off request.
Get leaves of absence
Get paginated leaves of absence for a worker.
Control
What Runlayer can see and stop in Perplexity
Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Perplexity exposes to Runlayer.
Gateway policy (available)
Every Workday call from Perplexity passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.
Audit trail (available)
Each call is recorded with the user, Perplexity as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.
Managed browser extension (available)
Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.
Native enforcement adapter (not available)
Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Perplexity yet, so control happens at the gateway.
Frequently asked questions
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