A user runs a report and gets an error indicating they do not have access to a field referenced in the report's filter. What is the root cause?

• A. The user doesn't belong to a security group that has access to a report used in a filter
• B. The fields referenced are not present
• C. The report has expired
• D. The user's account is inactive

Answer: (A)

Access to a field used in a report filter is controlled by security. If the user isn’t in a security group that grants access to that specific field (or the report containing it), Workday cannot evaluate the filter and returns an access error. The underlying issue is the security configuration—not the existence of the field or the report’s validity. If the field didn’t exist, you’d get a field-not-found type message; if the report had expired, the error would indicate the report isn’t available; if the account were inactive, login would be blocked. To resolve, grant the user a security group that provides access to the report and the filter field, or adjust the filter to use a field the user can access.