Workday → Azure Synapse
AI-first ETL from Workday into Azure Synapse. Governed entities, incremental sync, typed landing tables.
How Datrise loads Workday into Azure Synapse
Datrise syncs Workday's HR, finance entities, organizational structures, and operational events into Azure Synapse as a typed table per source entity. Flexible or custom fields land in NVARCHAR(MAX) JSON columns, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as datetime2.
Sync is incremental: Datrise uses COPY into staging, then a MERGE on stable id, so re-runs update only what changed. Hash distribution on the join id with date partitioning on facts. Synapse dedicated pools reward good hash-distribution choices, so Datrise distributes on entity ids to avoid data-movement-heavy joins.
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Endpoints
Workday: Enterprise HR and finance source for operational reporting.
Azure Synapse: Microsoft analytics workspace with SQL pools.
How Workday entities map to Azure Synapse
| Workday entity | Azure Synapse object | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| HR | workday_hr | id PK · custom fields → NVARCHAR(MAX) JSON columns |
| finance entities | workday_finance_entities | id PK · linked to workday_hr |
| organizational structures | workday_organizational_structures | id PK · linked to workday_hr |
| operational events | workday_operational_events | datetime2 events |
FAQ
How does Datrise handle Workday's custom fields in Azure Synapse?
Flexible values are stored as NVARCHAR(MAX) JSON columns, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native Azure Synapse types.
How does the Workday to Azure Synapse sync stay up to date?
It runs incrementally — Datrise uses COPY into staging, then a MERGE on stable id.
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