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title: "Workfront"
slug: "workfront"
description: "Get your data from Workfront into your data destination with Dataddo! Learn how to create a Workfront data source to choose your access metrics & attributes."
updated: 2024-01-25T11:00:40Z
published: 2024-01-25T11:00:40Z
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dataddo.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Workfront

**Workfront** is a cloud-based work management platform that helps organizations manage their projects, workflows, and collaboration. It provides tools for project planning, task management, document sharing, and reporting, allowing teams to streamline their work processes and improve overall productivity.

Refer to our website for [the list of metrics and attributes available in Dataddo](https://www.dataddo.com/connector/workfront).

Refer to Workfront's official documentation to see [all available endpoints from the Workfront API](https://developer.workfront.com/index.html).

## Authorize Connection to Workfront

### In Workfront

To authorize your Workfront account, you will need **your subdomain name** and **an API key** (= API token).

1. In your Workfront account, navigate to the **Setup** page.
2. Under **System**, select **Customer Info**.
3. In the **API Key Settings** section, click on **Generate API Key**.
4. Copy the value.

### In Dataddo

1. On the **Authorizers** page, click on [Authorize New Service](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new) and select Workfront.
2. Fill in the following fields:
  1. **Subdomain**: Workfront subdomain name, which is the first part of your Workfront URL (e.g. `mydomain` from `mydomain.my.workfront.com`).
  2. **API Key**: Workfront API token.
3. Rename your ***authorizer*** for easier identification and click on **Save**.

### API Key

To obtain an API Key from your instance of Workfront:

1. Log in to your instance of Workfront.
2. Click Setup in the Global Navigation Bar.
3. Click System> Customer Info.
4. In the API Key Settings section, click Generate API Key.
5. Your active keys are listed under Your User's API Key section

## How to Create a Workfront Data Source

1. On the **Sources** page, click on the [**Create Source**](https://app.dataddo.com/sources/new) button.
2. Select the connector from the list and name your ***data source***.
3. On the **Dataset** step, select your **dataset**.
          **DATADDO TIP**

          

If you're unsure which dataset to select, use the search bar to look for datasets with the desired attributes or metrics.
4. On the **Account** step select your ***authorizer*** from the drop-down menu.
          **Didn't find your authorizer?**

          

Click on **Add new Account** at the bottom of the drop-down and follow the on-screen prompts. You can also go to the **Authorizers** tab and click on [**Add New Service**](https://app.dataddo.com/service/new).
5. On the **Attributes and Metrics** step, select the **metrics and attributes** you want to extract.  

![Create a source using a custom-schema connector.](https://cdn.document360.io/084ed225-3f99-4644-a2da-39ca0cd5ef45/Images/Documentation/Create%20Source%20-%20Custom-Schema%20Connector.png)
6. On the **Metadata** step, select which [**metadata fields**](/docs/metadata-inclusion) such as extraction time to add to your data.
7. On the **Snapshot** step:
  1. Configure your [**sync frequency**](/docs/extraction#extraction-frequency) or click **Show advanced settings** to set the exact synchronization time.
          **DATADDO TIP**

          

To **load historical data**, refer to the [**Data Backfilling**](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling) article.
  2. [Optional] Enable the **Allow Empty Data Extractions** toggle to allow the extraction when no data is available.
8. In the top-right corner, click **Test Data** button to preview extracted data. **Adjust the date range** for specific time frame.
9. Click on **Save** and **congratulations, your new data source is ready!**

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## Troubleshooting

### Data Preview Unavailable

No data preview when you click on **Test Data** might be caused by an issue with your ***source*** configuration. The most common causes are:

- **Date range**: Try a smaller date range. You can load the rest of your data afterward via [manual data load](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling).
- **Insufficient permissions**: Please make sure your authorized account has at least admin-level permissions.

  

## Related Articles

Now that you have successfully created a ***data source***, see how you can connect your data to a dashboarding app or a data storage.

**Sending Data to Dashboarding Apps**

- [Simple Data Integration to Dashboards](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/simple-data-integration-to-dashboards)
- [Data Backfilling to Dashboarding Apps](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-dashboarding-apps)

**Sending Data to Data Storages**

- [Batch Ingestion to Data Warehouses](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/ingestion-to-data-warehouses)
- [Data Backfilling to Storages](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-backfilling-to-storages)

**Other Resources**

- [Troubleshooting](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/troubleshooting)
- [Extraction Logs](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/extraction-logs)
- [Data Duplication](https://docs.dataddo.com/docs/data-duplication)

An API token is a code snippet used to secure API access. It's sent to API servers as identification, confirming whether the user or application has access, and provides both authentication and user/application information to the API server.

Authorizers act as credentials for external services (e.g. Facebook or Google). To enable Dataddo to access and retrieve your data, you need to grant access to accounts that possess admin-level permissions or higher within these services.