Continuous innovation translates into real-world results. FP&A leaders face a frustrating paradox: How can a team architect a future powered by AIagents, machine learning (ML), and predictive insights when 80% of their time is spent on the“grunt work” of the business—collecting data, validating manual entries, and troubleshootingfragmented spreadsheets? Workday Adaptive Planning’s latest innovations empower FP&A leaders to not just meet thischallenge but to stay ahead of it. “AI is transforming the way that we work in our industry. So AI is quite a big thing for usin our firm. We didn’t expect to get an AI solution out of the box with Workday AdaptivePlanning, but with predictive forecaster, that kind of landed into my lap. Head of Commercial FinanceBrowne Jacobson 5 game-changing capabilities every FP&Ateam needs now. Elevate planning from a finance process to a strategic superpower and enable faster decisions,greater resilience, and measurable performance gains. 1. AI-powered planning. Faster, more confident decisions. With Workday Adaptive Planning, responsible AI is natively embedded into planning workflows,helping finance teams make faster, smarter decisions—without needing to become datascientists. Unlike “bolt-on” AI, our intelligence lives where your data lives, ensuring your strategystays secure and scales instantly without a redeployment. Why it matters:We don’t “ship and hope.” Every Planning Agent action must pass 300+ rigorous,automated “evaluation” tests to verify correctness before it ever reaches you. By integrating largelanguage models within our trust boundary, we eliminate third-party transit risks and give you allthe AI power you need—no computer science degree required. “Workday AI-driven analysis is a powerful tool with the ability to advance analytics.Instant answers enable users to refine and enhance insights faster. Director of FP&A 2. Shareable and personal what-if scenarios. Limitless decision support. Planners need the ability to test ideas, explore uncertainty, and evaluate new opportunities asthey build the best path forward. With unlimited personal and shareable what-ifs, they can nowmodel and share ideas before committing to the company’s core plan. Key functionalities: •Unlimited personal scenarios, for unlimited private sandboxes to test drivers, SKU shifts,or labor changes•Team collaboration, for working with teammates to review insights, co-edit assumptions,and move scenarios through an approval workflow•Scenario archiving, for point-in-time snapshots of every model iteration•Publish to plan, for one-click promotion of winning scenarios into the official plan Why it matters:When scenarios are unlimited, there is no more “cost of curiosity,” allowingyour team to explore every possible outcome without worrying about hitting a licensing orperformance wall. 660+customers are actively using shared scenarios, with top customers running more than 250 scenarios. 3. Planning Hubs. Simplified user experience. As planning environments grow more complex, users often struggle with “toggle fatigue”—navigating between multiple sheets, reports, dashboards, and integrations to complete a singleplanning process. Workday Planning Hubs provide a superior user experience, bringing togetherall critical elements into a centralized “cockpit” tailored for specific planning use cases. Key functionalities: •Customizable planning cockpitsbring together key sheets, reports, dashboards, andintegrations for planning processes that are customized to your unique planning needs •Integrated process visibilityenables monitoring integrations and data flows directlywithin the hub environment Why it matters:Most planning tools are just collections of tabs. Hubs eliminate fragmentationwhere the UI adapts to the task. By centralizing navigation, we reduce system friction and helpteams move through complex processes more efficiently. And Workday customers are catching on fast. After just one week: •454 unique customer instances created a Hub•615 total Hubs created•1,200+ pages added across sheets, dashboards, and reports•120 (20%) Hubs shared•4,800+ Hub visits These early signals don’t just show interest; they point to Planning Hubs becoming the newhome base for planning. 4. Cross-platform connected planning. Plan in the flow of work. Planning shouldn’t be a destination; it should be a seamless part of your daily rhythm. We’veunified the planning experience across the apps your team uses every day—Slack, Teams,Microsoft Excel®, and Google—allowing you to analyze and act without switching contexts. Key functionalities: •Chat app and Notification Hub:Unify collaboration by bringing critical notifications,workflow tasks, and approvals directly into Microsoft Teams and Slack. Offer “choicewithout compromise” by reaching users exactly where they already spend their time. •OfficeConnect Cross-Platform (OCCP):Empower users in their preferred environmentwith live-linked data support fo