Overview
The Workday home page is designed for easy navigation, acting at the starting point for daily tasks, notification, profile management, and more. Use the inbox icon next to your profile picture in the top-right corner to access all of the tasks that require your attention and action. The bell icon holds all of the notifications you received via email, and your profile picture allows you to access your employee profile or adjust personal settings.
As of March 2026, the app menu is now located on the left sidebar of your home page, and is always visible!
Your app menu is the main place to navigate to different parts of Workday. However, you may have some tasks or reports that you use frequently, which is when adding shortcuts or favorites may be most helpful. Shortcuts and favorites in Workday make it easy to find tasks and reports you commonly use instead of searching or going through multiple pages of another app.
You can edit the order of the app categories or the tasks within a section (such as within the Personal section), but you cannot move something to a different category. To add or edit the order of your apps, click the gear icon at the bottom of the sidebar, which opens the "Customize Navigation" window. From here, you can:
- Reorder apps or tasks
- Add other apps or dashboards
- Pin your most-used apps to the top of the sidebar
- Revert to the old menu look (by deselecting "Always Show Sidebar")
If you have any questions or issues, please submit a Workday ticket.
Setting up Shortcuts & Saved Items
The bookmark icon at the bottom of the sidebar is your list of saved tasks and reports - you can use this to save anything that's not on the app menu!
- From your app menu, click on the gear icon at the bottom of the sidebar and scroll to the bottom of the app list to find a "Saved" men
- Click "Add Shortcuts" and then search for the task or report you'd like to save. When you find it, click the plus sign next to it to add it to your Saved menu:
- Once you've finished adding shortcuts, click "Add Shortcut" at the bottom and it will take you back to see your new shortcut menu, where you must click "Save Changes":
- Now you will be able to view these tasks and reports by hovering over the bookmark icon on your sidebar:
