Inside Workday’s internal data marketplace: a live demo of trusted data products at scale

FAQ

• Who is Workday?

  Workday is the enterprise AI platform for HR, finance and IT. With about 21,000 employees, it serves more than 11,500 customers, including 65% of the Fortune 500.

• What was Workday’s challenge?

  Getting a trusted answer to a simple business question was slow and painful. Data was spread across nearly 1,000 dashboards, and teams spent their time reconciling numbers instead of acting on them.

• Why did Workday choose a data product marketplace?

  To give producers and consumers a single, persona-based entry point to trusted data, and to drive adoption through a community-led experience rather than just another tool.

• How does Workday ensure trust in its data products?

  Each community keeps its own definitions and language. Community administrators validate and certify data products, questions and answers, so users know what they can rely on.

• How does Workday use the Huwise data marketplace?

  Huwise is Workday’s single entry point to trusted data. It sits on top of Snowflake, dbt and Atlan. Business users and analysts use intelligent search to find certified data products, analytics products and AI agents. Each domain community (Sales & Marketing, Finance, Product & Technology, HR/Legal) posts questions, shares answers and showcases its work. Data producers publish and document data products for the right audience, and community admins certify them.