Does the Workday connector supports Employee Photo Synch?

Question

Does the Workday connector supports Employee Photo Synch?

Employee Photo Synch from Workday to Microsoft (AD/Teams/SP) via MS Connector
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/workdayhcm/

Answer 1

Hi @Choudha, Rohit ,

Yes, assuming that you are using the Get_Workers API call processed by the Workday Azure AD connector, you can synchronize the photo. The Azure AD Workday integration guide includes a table of worker values that are synchronized automatically and worker data attributes that need to be explicitly retrieved. The worker Photo Data is not synchronized by default but you can retrieve it by using the Get_Workers API and specifying the following xpath: wd:Worker_Data/wd:Photo_Data

Depending on the XPATH API expressions configured in the provisioning schema, the Azure AD provisioning service determines which data sets to retrieve from Workday.

Let me know if I understood correctly what you are trying to achieve and if you have further questions!

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Answer 2

@HADDAD Nazih I researched but ended not implementing a solution for this using the Workday API and the minimum required permissions for a service principal to push photos the user. To be the best of my knowledge MS does not support nor dare I say looks interested in implementing a solution for this since it involves hitting other endpoints other than Get_Workers. Bear in mind the Workday ISU needs to have sufficient privileges to pull that information which I believe differ from ones MS requires for this connector.