Connect Looker and
Workday with AI

Automate the flow of workforce data between your enterprise BI platform and HR system. Stop manually exporting headcount reports, copying finance metrics into dashboards, and reconciling employee data across systems. Redbird keeps your analytics and operational data in sync automatically.

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.

Sync Workday headcount and org structure into Looker analytics models

Automatically pull employee counts, department hierarchies, and reporting structures from Workday into your Looker data warehouse. Keep workforce dimensions current for accurate slicing across all business metrics. Update LookML models as organizational changes occur.

Enrich Looker revenue analysis with Workday cost center and budget data

Combine financial planning data from Workday with revenue metrics in Looker for complete P&L visibility. Automatically sync budget allocations, cost centers, and departmental spend to enable profit margin analysis by team. Keep finance dimensions aligned across both systems.

Alert HR leadership when Looker attrition dashboards exceed thresholds

Monitor turnover metrics calculated in Looker and trigger Workday notifications when attrition rates spike. Route alerts to department heads based on organizational hierarchy stored in Workday. Create visibility loops between analytics insights and operational action.

Push Looker scheduled reports into Workday for quarterly business reviews

Automatically deliver executive dashboards and performance metrics from Looker directly into Workday's reporting structure. Attach board-ready analytics to quarterly planning cycles and compensation reviews. Eliminate the export-attach-email cycle for leadership reporting.

Sync new Workday hires into Looker employee dimension tables daily

Update your analytics data model every time employees are added, moved, or exit in Workday. Ensure headcount metrics, sales attribution, and team performance dashboards reflect current roster. Maintain referential integrity between operational records and analytical dimensions.

Automate compensation analysis by enriching Workday data with Looker performance metrics

Combine employee performance scores and business impact metrics from Looker with Workday compensation records. Build data-driven compensation models that connect individual contributions to pay decisions. Surface insights during merit review cycles without manual data assembly.

Live in four steps

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

01

Connect your accounts

Authorize Looker 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 Looker's semantic layer and Workday's operational data model, so you can connect workforce analytics to HR systems without mapping schemas manually.

AI that speaks LookML and Workday's enterprise data structure

Redbird maps between Looker's dimension and measure definitions and Workday's employee, position, and financial objects automatically. It understands how to join organizational hierarchies from Workday with metric definitions in LookML, maintaining both referential integrity and semantic consistency. When org structures change or new dimensions are added, Redbird adapts your integration logic without rebuilding pipelines. No need to manually specify field mappings between analytics models and ERP records.

LookML dimension mapping
Workday object relationships
Org hierarchy synchronization
Metric definition consistency
10×

faster than building custom ETL between your data warehouse and Workday API

No Python scripts, no dbt transformation logic, no API authentication debugging

Auto-generated reports

Redbird can pull from Looker 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 Looker 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 Looker into Workday, or from Workday back into Looker. 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 workflows from scheduled reports in Looker or real-time workforce changes in Workday — your data moves when and where you need it.

Looker
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

Scheduled Look or dashboard runs

Trigger workflows when recurring reports execute or dashboard queries refresh on schedule.

Trigger

Metric threshold crossed

Start automation when KPIs calculated in Looker exceed defined limits or targets.

Trigger

New Explore query saved

Detect when users save new data explorations or add tiles to personal dashboards.

Action

Update LookML dimension values

Modify dimension definitions or add new members to categorical fields in your data model.

Action

Create or update derived tables

Generate persistent derived tables from external data sources to enrich analytics models.

Action

Send scheduled dashboard to recipients

Deliver specific Looks or dashboards to stakeholder lists with custom filters applied.

Workday
Triggers & Actions
Trigger

New employee hired or terminated

Trigger when worker records are created or end-dated in Workday's HR system.

Trigger

Organizational change executed

Detect when employees change managers, departments, or cost centers in the org structure.

Trigger

Payroll or compensation updated

Start workflows when salary changes, bonuses, or compensation adjustments are processed.

Action

Create custom report in Workday

Generate and save new custom reports combining imported analytics with operational data.

Action

Update worker supplemental data fields

Write performance metrics or calculated attributes back to employee records as custom fields.

Action

Post notification to leadership inbox

Send alerts or insights to specific roles or individuals based on Workday's organizational hierarchy.

Looker
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Workday

Ready to connect your stack?

See how Redbird syncs Looker and Workday in minutes. Connect your workforce analytics to HR operations without custom integration work or manual data exports.

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