From 3d857194ddd06d3d3ced83f34c5b37945fce6466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: roohyfatima2026 <roohyfatima2026@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 20:30:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add Time_Off_Reason_Reference to Workday multi-day time off
 request template

The topic.yaml already sends a {timeoff_Reason} parameter as part of the request payload, but the XML request template had no corresponding Time_Off_Reason_Reference element to receive it, so the reason was silently dropped from the Workday API call. This adds the missing element so the resolved Time_Off_Reason_ID is included in each repeated Enter_Time_Off_Entry_Data entry.
---
 ..._HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay.xml | 109 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diff --git a/EmployeeSelfServiceAgent/Workday/EmployeeScenarios/WorkdayEmployeeRequestTimeOff/msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay.xml b/EmployeeSelfServiceAgent/Workday/EmployeeScenarios/WorkdayEmployeeRequestTimeOff/msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay.xml
index 7c6cc0ee..8d63c0c0 100644
--- a/EmployeeSelfServiceAgent/Workday/EmployeeScenarios/WorkdayEmployeeRequestTimeOff/msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay.xml
+++ b/EmployeeSelfServiceAgent/Workday/EmployeeScenarios/WorkdayEmployeeRequestTimeOff/msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay.xml
@@ -1,55 +1,56 @@
 <workdayEntityConfigurationTemplate>
-    <scenario name="EmployeeEnterTimeOff">
-        <apiRequests>
-            <apiRequest>
-                <authType>User</authType>
-                <endpoint>
-                    <request>msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay</request>
-                    <serviceName>Absence_Management</serviceName>
-                    <version>v42.0</version>
-                </endpoint>
-                <requestParameters/>
-                <responseProperties>
-                    <property>
-                        <extractPath>//*[local-name()='Time_Off_Event_Reference']/*[local-name()='ID' and @*[local-name()='type']='WID']</extractPath>
-                        <key>Event_WID</key>
-                    </property>
-                    <property>
-                        <extractPath>//*[local-name()='Time_Off_Entry_Reference']</extractPath>
-                        <key>Entry_References</key>
-                    </property>
-                </responseProperties>
-            </apiRequest>
-        </apiRequests>
-    </scenario>
-    <requestTemplates>
-        <requestTemplate name="msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay">
-            <wd:Enter_Time_Off_Request xmlns:wd="urn:com.workday/bsvc" wd:version="v42.0">
-                <wd:Business_Process_Parameters>
-                    <wd:Auto_Complete>false</wd:Auto_Complete>
-                    <wd:Run_Now>true</wd:Run_Now>
-                    <wd:Discard_On_Exit_Validation_Error>true</wd:Discard_On_Exit_Validation_Error>
-                    <wd:Comment_Data>
-                        <wd:Comment>{timeoff_Comment}</wd:Comment>
-                    </wd:Comment_Data>
-                </wd:Business_Process_Parameters>
-                <wd:Enter_Time_Off_Data>
-                    <wd:Worker_Reference>
-                        <wd:ID wd:type="Employee_ID">{Employee_ID}</wd:ID>
-                    </wd:Worker_Reference>
-                    <!-- REPEATABLE SECTION: Will be duplicated for each date in {timeoff_Dates} -->
-
-                    <wd:Enter_Time_Off_Entry_Data wd:repeat-for="{timeoff_Dates}" wd:repeat-item="{timeoff_Date}">
-                        <wd:Date>{timeoff_Date}</wd:Date>
-                        <wd:Requested>{timeoff_Hours_Per_Day}</wd:Requested>
-                        <wd:Time_Off_Type_Reference wd:Descriptor="?">
-                            <wd:ID wd:type="Time_Off_Type_ID">{timeoff_Time_Off_Type}</wd:ID>
-                        </wd:Time_Off_Type_Reference>
-                        <wd:Comment>{timeoff_Comment}</wd:Comment>
-                    </wd:Enter_Time_Off_Entry_Data>
-
-                </wd:Enter_Time_Off_Data>
-            </wd:Enter_Time_Off_Request>
-        </requestTemplate>
-    </requestTemplates>
-</workdayEntityConfigurationTemplate>
\ No newline at end of file
+     <scenario name="EmployeeEnterTimeOff">
+         <apiRequests>
+             <apiRequest>
+                 <authType>User</authType>
+                 <endpoint>
+                     <request>msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay</request>
+                     <serviceName>Absence_Management</serviceName>
+                     <version>v42.0</version>
+                 </endpoint>
+                 <requestParameters/>
+                 <responseProperties>
+                     <property>
+                         <extractPath>//*[local-name()='Time_Off_Event_Reference']/*[local-name()='ID' and @*[local-name()='type']='WID']</extractPath>
+                         <key>Event_WID</key>
+                     </property>
+                     <property>
+                         <extractPath>//*[local-name()='Time_Off_Entry_Reference']</extractPath>
+                         <key>Entry_References</key>
+                     </property>
+                 </responseProperties>
+             </apiRequest>
+         </apiRequests>
+     </scenario>
+     <requestTemplates>
+         <requestTemplate name="msdyn_HRWorkdayAbsenceEnterTimeOff_MultiDay">
+             <wd:Enter_Time_Off_Request xmlns:wd="urn:com.workday/bsvc" wd:version="v42.0">
+                 <wd:Business_Process_Parameters>
+                     <wd:Auto_Complete>false</wd:Auto_Complete>
+                     <wd:Run_Now>true</wd:Run_Now>
+                     <wd:Discard_On_Exit_Validation_Error>true</wd:Discard_On_Exit_Validation_Error>
+                     <wd:Comment_Data>
+                         <wd:Comment>{timeoff_Comment}</wd:Comment>
+                     </wd:Comment_Data>
+                 </wd:Business_Process_Parameters>
+                 <wd:Enter_Time_Off_Data>
+                     <wd:Worker_Reference>
+                         <wd:ID wd:type="Employee_ID">{Employee_ID}</wd:ID>
+                     </wd:Worker_Reference>
+                     <!-- REPEATABLE SECTION: Will be duplicated for each date in {timeoff_Dates} -->
+                     <wd:Enter_Time_Off_Entry_Data wd:repeat-for="{timeoff_Dates}" wd:repeat-item="{timeoff_Date}">
+                         <wd:Date>{timeoff_Date}</wd:Date>
+                         <wd:Requested>{timeoff_Hours_Per_Day}</wd:Requested>
+                         <wd:Time_Off_Type_Reference wd:Descriptor="?">
+                             <wd:ID wd:type="Time_Off_Type_ID">{timeoff_Time_Off_Type}</wd:ID>
+                         </wd:Time_Off_Type_Reference>
+                         <wd:Time_Off_Reason_Reference>
+                             <wd:ID wd:type="Time_Off_Reason_ID">{timeoff_Reason}</wd:ID>
+                         </wd:Time_Off_Reason_Reference>
+                         <wd:Comment>{timeoff_Comment}</wd:Comment>
+                     </wd:Enter_Time_Off_Entry_Data>
+                 </wd:Enter_Time_Off_Data>
+             </wd:Enter_Time_Off_Request>
+         </requestTemplate>
+     </requestTemplates>
+ </workdayEntityConfigurationTemplate>