# Workday SaaS Connector and XPATH with attributes

**URL:** <https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/workday-saas-connector-and-xpath-with-attributes/198477>\
**Category:** SHF Discussion and Questions\
**Tags:** aggregation, sailpoint-identity-security, saas-connector\
**Created:** [March 5, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/workday-saas-connector-and-xpath-with-attributes/198477 "2026-03-05T22:31:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![dominics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dominics](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/dominics)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/workday-saas-connector-and-xpath-with-attributes/198477/1 "2026-03-05T22:31:11Z")

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Hi all,

I’m wondering about the Workday SaaS connector and it’s ability to get element attribute values back. This is because I’ve noticed that when I try to get an attribute like job family: `wd:Worker/wd:Worker_Data/wd:Employment_Data/wd:Position_Data/wd:Job_Profile_Summary_Data/wd:Job_Family_Reference/@wd:Descriptor`

It does not get the value, it seems that I can only get the text values of elements themselves. Every other one I tried to get that is not an attribute works.

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**Author:** ![j\_place](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/discuss/user_avatar/developer.sailpoint.com/j_place/32/19181_2.png) [@j\_place](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/j_place)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 11:03pm UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/workday-saas-connector-and-xpath-with-attributes/198477/2 "2026-03-05T23:03:36Z")

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Hi @dominics Have you tried setting the Support for Reference Descriptors parameter? See [Support for Reference Descriptors in Response from Workday System](https://documentation.sailpoint.com/connectors/saas/workday/help/saas_connectivity/workday/support_for_reference_descriptors.html)

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**Author:** ![dominics](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eada6e/32.png) [@dominics](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/dominics)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/workday-saas-connector-and-xpath-with-attributes/198477/3 "2026-03-06T00:00:14Z")

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Hi Jeremy, yep that was it!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sailpoint/original/2X/f/f2136700ed5e3703e0b85e02f6be799dacca7735.png) [@system](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://developer.sailpoint.com/discuss/t/workday-saas-connector-and-xpath-with-attributes/198477/4 "2026-05-05T00:00:59Z")

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