Workday Adaptive Planning Features
Financial Insight (3)
Budgeting
Based on 152 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Uses collected data to assist organizations in understanding what they can afford now, and in years to come.
Forecasting
Based on 152 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Creates a continuous and recurrent planning process that can be calculated according to a specified and customizable timeline.
Planning
Based on 152 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Leverages data from budgeting and forecasting processes to help corporations understand their reality and make decisions accordingly.
Data (4)
Data Visualization
Based on 114 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Offers methods of visualizing data via customizable dashboards, statistical graphs, and charts.
Data Analysis
Based on 127 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Scours data for actionable insights.
Custom Reporting
Based on 145 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows users to customize their own reports according to business needs.
Reporting Templates
Based on 129 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Provides pre-built reporting templates to organize data for payroll, manufacturing, and other company factions.
Status Communication (4)
Collaboration
Based on 130 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Allows for searchable communication within the tool via notes, checklists, and discussions to ensure clarity between users.
Version Control
Based on 146 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reflects updates immediately, ensuring users have the most recent data while maintaining records of past performance.
Real-Time Data Updates
Based on 134 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Updates varying factors in real-time, assuring forecasts and inferences are continually made according to the most recent information.
Scorecards
Based on 88 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Displays and shares company performance data to increase transparency across the board.
Budget Creation (6)
Data Import
Based on 21 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Import trial balance, monthly P&L, balance sheets, and other types of financial data
Budget Hierarchies
As reported in 20 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Define budget structure elements and how they are linked hierarchically
Versioning
As reported in 20 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Keeps track of all versions of a budget and allows users to compare versions
Formulas
As reported in 21 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Include budgeting formulas to estimate direct and indirect costs, operating and non-operating revenues
What-If
Test the potential financial impact of business decisions on revenues and expenses 21 reviewers of Workday Adaptive Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Budget Periods
As reported in 21 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Users can customize standard budget periods (3, 9, or 12 months)
Budget Management (3)
Consolidation
As reported in 20 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Consolidate multiple budgets from different departments or business entities
Adjustments
As reported in 20 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Users with administrative access rights can modify budgets
Workflows
Based on 19 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Workflows are used to define the steps required to alter budgets and who needs to approve changes
Forecasting (5)
Historical Data
Forecasting is based on past transactions and historical financial or operational data This feature was mentioned in 19 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Reforecast
Ability to recreate forecasts to include new information that may impact budgets This feature was mentioned in 19 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Forecast Types
Based on 19 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Support multiple types of forecasts such as balance sheet and cash flow forecasts
Rolling Forecasts
Used to review and update budgeting assumptions for a predefined period (usually one year) 19 reviewers of Workday Adaptive Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
AI
Based on 18 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Uses AI algorithms and models to predict future trends and outcomes, based on historical data and patterns
Analytics (3)
Variance Analysis
As reported in 19 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Project out as the year progresses to accommodate trends that affect key business drivers.
Forecasts Comparison
As reported in 19 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. compare Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow for multiple periods
Forward Looking
Forward-looking Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statements are synchronized with GL data 19 reviewers of Workday Adaptive Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Financial Planning (3)
Extended Planning
Based on 71 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Analysis that creates business plans outside of finance, including sales, marketing, or HR.
Reporting
Based on 87 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Reports on departmental KPI metrics measured against targets.
Integration
Based on 83 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews and verified by the G2 Product R&D team. Consolidates planning processes across an organization into a single solution.
Data Collection (3)
Data Types
As reported in 11 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Manages quantitative and qualitative data for environmental, social, and governance activities
Data Sources
Combines data from multiple sources such as software solutions, public websites, and spreadsheets 11 reviewers of Workday Adaptive Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Third Party
Uses data from third party sources such as Bloomberg and DowJones
Reporting (3)
Ratings
Provides ratings to rank companies based on their ESG programs This feature was mentioned in 10 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Investment
Generates reports for existing investors or to attract financing
Public
Creates reports that can be shared with the public, employees, customers, and partners
Integration (3)
Governance, Risk & Compliance
Integrate with GRC software such as GRC Platforms, Audit management, and Policy management
Finance
Integrate with financial solutions such as accounting and ERP systems This feature was mentioned in 12 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Environmental, Quality and Safety Management
Integrate with EHS software such as Environmental Health and Safety and Quality Management Systems (QMS)
Resource Planning - Workforce Planning (4)
Reconciliation
Ensures data is aligned and consistent across databases in departments like accounting, payroll, and recruiting This feature was mentioned in 10 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Headcount Planning
Provides overview of planning and prediction for current and future employee headcount 11 reviewers of Workday Adaptive Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Reporting
Based on 11 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Outputs reports on headcount and budgeting analytics
Expense Planning
Calculates outputs for budgeting and predicting expenses related to base compensation like salary and benefits This feature was mentioned in 11 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Human Resources - Workforce Planning (4)
Integrations & APIs
Based on 11 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Offers integration with numerous adjacent HR and ERP software solutions like accounting, workforce management, CPM, HR analytics, org charts, and ATS
Compensation Bands
Provides overview of salaray ranges in relation to job levels This feature was mentioned in 11 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews.
Org Chart
Offers the ability to rearrange company hierarchy and employee details in a chart format 10 reviewers of Workday Adaptive Planning have provided feedback on this feature.
Recruitment Workflows
Based on 10 Workday Adaptive Planning reviews. Onboarding and offboarding procedures are automated to streamline approval processes for stakeholders
Risk Management - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting (4)
Communications
Facilitate communications with various stakeholders on ESG initiatives
Risk Identification
Help users identify ESG related risks to proactively address them
Risk Assessment
Evaluate the impact of ESG related risks on the company and its ecosystem
Strategic Planning
Define and implement strategies to improve ESG initiatives
Reporting - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting (5)
Benchmarking & Competitive Analysis
Provide ESG benchmarking data and competitive analysis functionality
Actionable Insights
Deliver action items to improve ESG initiatives based on historical data
AI-Enabled ESG Reporting
Use AI or GAI technology to optimize ESG management and reporting
Performance Tracking
Monitor the performance of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives over time
Compliance Reporting
Build reports around specific compliance requirements and directives such as CSR and CS3D.
Sales Performance Features - Sales Planning (7)
Account Scoring
Provides ability to score accounts based on potential revenue to prioritize accordingly.
Revenue Planning
Provides ability to structure topline revenue goals.
Account Segmentation
Segment accounts based on ideal customer profile and business objectives.
Sales Performance
Ability to monitor plan performance data to identify deviations and course correct for rep and business unit.
Sales Forecasting
Forecast sales data for sales teams, individual reps, territories, or products.
Integrations
Integrates with a variety of business systems to pull in relevant data and make data-driven decisions.
Scenario Modeling
Abilty to create and run "what-if" scenario modeling to inform business decisions.
Territory Management - Sales Planning (2)
Territory Management
Ability to manage distribution of territories and alter segmentation and coverage to meet business goals.
Territory Planning
Define territories to ensure optimized market coverage and allocate resources appropriately.
Quota & Capacity Management - Sales Planning (3)
Quota Management
Ability to manage and adjust quotas continuously as needed based on market changes, new hires, territory changes.
Capacity Management
Enable organizations to adjust sales capacity based on volatility such as headcount changes, restructuring, or organizational growth.
Quota Planning
Design quota targets based on factors such as account size, rep performance, and pipeline needs.
Agentic AI - Sales Planning (2)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Multi-step Planning
Ability to break down and plan multi-step processes
Agentic AI - Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting (2)
Autonomous Task Execution
Capability to perform complex tasks without constant human input
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - FP&A (Financial Planning & Analysis) (2)
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives
Agentic AI - Budgeting and Forecasting (3)
Natural Language Interaction
Engages in human-like conversation for task delegation
Proactive Assistance
Anticipates needs and offers suggestions without prompting
Decision Making
Makes informed choices based on available data and objectives





