FAQ

How do I connect to the Workday DCOD API?

Updated October 2026

Connect Workday Global Payroll Connect to datascalehr once, and datascalehr handles the DCOD protocol and maps the data to each local payroll provider in under an hour per country, with no developer.

Data Changes on Demand (DCOD) is the API inside Workday Global Payroll Connect (GPC) that lets payroll systems pull the employee data changes they need when they need them. DCOD puts change detection on the integration layer: the integration must track field-level changes, rescinded events, backdated corrections and future-dated entries. PECI remains a supported Workday option, and DCOD delivers what PECI does not.

datascalehr supports all five GPC features: DCOD, External Payroll Results (ExPR), External Payroll Documents (ExPD), Additional Payroll Data (APD) and Global Payroll Hub (GPH). datascalehr handles DCOD change detection natively, has 24 data sections in production, and maps the data with KMod™ across 180 countries. See Workday GPC.