Skip to Content
Workday Design
Design SystemBrand Resources
CTRL K

Introduction to Guidelines

Sana Canvas Guidelines provide broad best practice guidance, recommendations and design point-of-view on topics which span multiple design solutions and implementations.

Last Updated

September 2026

Last Updated

September 2026

Overview

Sana Canvas Guidelines are intended to compliment and be applied alongside all other design system elements. Guidelines contain canonical design information that provides users with an understanding of design first principals and design system best practices to be applied across varied design solutions.

To upskill on a design topic, begin by reading Canvas Guidelines and then explore further information by using Sana Canvas Components to dig deeper into specific tactical solutions and implementations.

Sana Canvas Guidelines are written for the design system by subject matter experts from research, data-analytics and design teams at Workday.

We need your input!

Design system documentation provides great value to all Workday design decision makers (not just designers) because it helps to spread design quality, strong design POV and design cohesion across technologies and products. Don't feel you have to wait until something is "100% perfect" to document it, we can support you to update and scale the documentation over time.
Document a Guideline