Role-based security group permissions are granted to a worker when their position is linked to what?

• A. The HR policy
• B. A department head
• C. A fixed job
• D. An assignable role on an organization

Answer: (D)

In Workday, access to role-based security groups is driven by roles assigned to a worker through their position. When a position is linked to an assignable role on the organization, the security groups attached to that role are granted to the worker, giving them the corresponding permissions. This linkage is the mechanism that ties a person’s job to the exact set of abilities they have in the system.

An HR policy sets rules, but doesn’t attach permissions to individuals. The department head isn’t the mechanism that assigns security. A fixed job describes a job without addressing how security roles are linked and inherited. The assignable role on the organization is the construct that enables the permission set to flow to the worker via their position.