Connect Canva and
Workday with AI

Automate the creation of org charts, headcount reports, and employee communications using live Workday data in Canva templates. Stop manually updating slide decks, recreating visuals when headcount changes, and copying data between your HR system and design tools.

No code required
Live in minutes
SOC 2 Type II

What you can automate today

Redbird gives your team ready-to-run workflows — just connect your accounts and go.

Auto-generate org charts in Canva from Workday organizational hierarchy changes

When your org structure changes in Workday, automatically update Canva org chart templates with current reporting lines, titles, and headcount. Keep leadership presentations and internal communications accurate without manual design work.

Create monthly headcount infographics from Workday workforce analytics data

Pull headcount by department, location, and function from Workday and populate pre-designed Canva infographic templates. Generate board-ready visuals showing workforce trends, attrition rates, and hiring progress automatically each reporting period.

Sync new hire data to personalized welcome graphics in Canva

When employees are marked as active in Workday, trigger creation of personalized welcome graphics in Canva using their name, title, department, and start date. Enable HR and internal comms teams to share branded announcements without manual design updates.

Update quarterly business review slides with live Workday financial and HR metrics

Automatically refresh Canva presentation templates with current quarter financial performance, budget vs. actuals, and workforce cost data from Workday. Ensure executive decks always reflect the latest numbers without reformatting spreadsheets into slides.

Generate diversity and inclusion reports in Canva from Workday demographics

Extract workforce diversity metrics, representation data, and pay equity analysis from Workday and populate branded Canva report templates. Create stakeholder-ready DEI reports that visualize progress against goals without manual data entry.

Archive finalized Canva HR communications and designs to employee records in Workday

When HR communications, policy graphics, or employee-specific documents are finalized in Canva, automatically attach them to relevant employee records or documents in Workday. Maintain a complete audit trail of visual communications tied to workforce events.

Live in four steps

No engineers, no pipelines to maintain. Redbird handles the connectivity — you focus on the outcome.

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Canva and Workday with OAuth or API credentials. Redbird never stores your data — it just passes through.

02

Describe what you want

Tell Redbird what to do in plain language — no SQL, no code, no configuration files required.

03

Review and activate

Redbird shows you exactly what it will do before running anything. Approve the workflow, set a schedule, and switch it on.

04

Let it run — and iterate

Workflows run on your schedule or on triggers. Every run is logged. Adjust with natural language at any time.

Built for data-driven teams

Redbird AI understands Workday's HR and financial data structures and how to transform them into visually compelling Canva designs without manual reformatting.

AI that understands organizational hierarchies and design templates

Redbird maps Workday's complex employee relationships, supervisory structures, cost center hierarchies, and financial dimensions directly to Canva's design elements, text fields, and visual components. It knows how to flatten nested org data into chart layouts, format currency and headcount metrics for infographics, and handle Workday's custom fields in template population. The AI maintains data accuracy while respecting Canva's brand kit constraints and design grid systems.

Workday org structures to Canva org charts
Financial metrics to visual templates
Employee data to personalized graphics
Workforce analytics to infographic elements
10×

faster than exporting Workday reports and manually updating design files

No CSV downloads, template hunting, or copying metrics into text boxes

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Canva and Workday simultaneously, merge the results, and format a polished report — sent on a schedule or on demand.

Trigger-based alerts

Set conditions in natural language. Get notified in Slack or email the moment a threshold is crossed in either Canva or Workday.

Enterprise-grade security

SOC 2 Type II certified. Data flows encrypted in transit and at rest. Fine-grained permission controls with full audit logs.

Bidirectional sync

Push data from Canva into Workday, or from Workday back into Canva. Resolve conflicts with configurable merge rules.

Full audit trail

Every workflow run is logged — what ran, what changed, and why. Replay or revert any individual step at any time.

Triggers & actions for every team

Start automations from workforce events in Workday or design completions in Canva, then take action across both platforms.

Canva
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Design published

When a Canva design is published or moved to a specific folder, trigger downstream actions.

Trigger

Template created or updated

When a brand template is created or modified in Canva, capture changes for distribution.

Trigger

Brand kit modified

When colors, fonts, or logos are updated in your Canva brand kit, sync changes across systems.

Action

Create design from template

Generate a new Canva design from a template and populate it with data from other systems.

Action

Update text elements in design

Modify specific text fields, data visualizations, or labels in an existing Canva design.

Action

Export and share design

Export a Canva design in specified format and share via link or to a specific team folder.

Workday
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Employee hired or terminated

When an employee's status changes to active or terminated in Workday, trigger visual updates or communications.

Trigger

Org structure change

When supervisory relationships, departments, or reporting lines change in Workday, capture the new hierarchy.

Trigger

Financial period closed

When a month, quarter, or year is closed in Workday financials, trigger report generation workflows.

Action

Attach document to employee record

Upload a file or design to a specific employee's document storage in Workday.

Action

Update employee profile field

Modify custom fields, notes, or attributes on an employee record in Workday.

Action

Create or update business process

Initiate a Workday business process or update an in-flight approval with relevant documentation.

Canva
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Workday

Ready to connect your stack?

Stop manually syncing Workday data into presentations and graphics. Let Redbird AI connect your HR system to your design platform and automate workforce reporting that stays current.

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