Connect dbt and
Workday with AI

Automate the sync between your data transformation layer and enterprise HR system. Stop manually exporting Workday data, writing one-off transformation scripts, and rebuilding headcount reports every month.

No code required
Live in minutes
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What you can automate today

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

Auto-rebuild headcount and attrition models when Workday org structure changes

Trigger dbt runs automatically when organizational changes occur in Workday. Keep your analytics models in sync with the latest employee data, team hierarchies, and cost center mappings without manual intervention.

Push modeled workforce metrics back to Workday custom reports

Surface dbt-calculated KPIs like span of control, hiring velocity, and compensation ratios directly in Workday. Give HR and finance teams access to validated, centrally-defined metrics without leaving their workflow.

Alert HR ops when dbt data quality tests fail on Workday extracts

Notify Workday administrators when freshness checks, uniqueness tests, or referential integrity validations fail on employee or financial data. Catch data issues at the source before they propagate downstream.

Automate monthly compensation analysis refresh from payroll runs

Rebuild salary benchmarking, equity analysis, and compensation trend models in dbt every time Workday processes payroll. Ensure leadership dashboards reflect the most current pay data without manual CSV exports.

Sync standardized metric definitions from dbt docs to Workday report specs

Keep Workday custom report definitions aligned with your dbt semantic layer. When analytics engineers update metric logic or add new calculated fields, propagate those changes to ensure consistency across all reporting.

Generate executive workforce summaries using AI queries across both systems

Ask natural language questions that pull dbt-transformed historical trends and real-time Workday operational data. Create board-ready headcount forecasts, diversity reports, and budget variance analyses in seconds.

Live in four steps

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

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize dbt 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 understands both dbt's transformation semantics and Workday's HR and financial data models, so you can automate the complete analytics pipeline without custom code.

AI that reads dbt schemas and Workday data structures

Redbird parses your dbt manifest files, model definitions, and test configurations alongside Workday's employee, position, organization, and cost center hierarchies. It automatically maps common entities like Worker IDs to employee dimension keys, understands effective dating and supervisory relationships, and knows which dbt models depend on Workday source tables. When you connect both systems, Redbird suggests intelligent automations based on your existing transformation patterns and Workday module usage.

dbt model lineage parsing
Workday effective-dated record handling
Employee dimension mapping
Custom calculation field sync
10×

faster workforce analytics updates than manual CSV exports and SQL rewrites

No more scheduled exports, FTP drops, or one-off transformation scripts to keep models in sync with Workday changes

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from dbt 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 dbt 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 dbt into Workday, or from Workday back into dbt. 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 model runs and test results in dbt, or from employee changes and financial events in Workday.

dbt
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Model run completes

Trigger when any dbt model finishes running, with success or failure status.

Trigger

Data quality test fails

Trigger when uniqueness, null, or custom data tests fail on Workday source tables.

Trigger

Freshness check fails

Trigger when Workday source data hasn't been updated within the expected time window.

Action

Run specific model

Execute a targeted dbt model or entire dependency chain on demand.

Action

Update model documentation

Programmatically add or modify dbt model descriptions and column metadata.

Action

Tag models with metadata

Apply tags or metadata to dbt models based on Workday data lineage or usage.

Workday
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Employee record changes

Trigger when worker data updates, including hires, terminations, or org changes.

Trigger

Payroll run completes

Trigger when Workday processes payroll for any company or pay group.

Trigger

Organization structure updated

Trigger when cost centers, supervisory orgs, or reporting hierarchies change.

Action

Create custom report

Generate a new Workday custom report with dbt-calculated metrics and dimensions.

Action

Update calculated fields

Write transformed values back to Workday custom fields on employee or position records.

Action

Send to business process

Trigger Workday approval workflows or notifications based on dbt analysis results.

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Ready to connect your stack?

Sync dbt transformations with Workday HR and finance data automatically. Stop rebuilding workforce models manually and start shipping analytics that stay current with your business.

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