What are the requirements for creating a custom report in Workday Prism?

Creating a custom report in Workday Prism involves several technical and functional requirements, and the advanced report type is essential for leveraging the full capabilities of the Prism analytics engine.

An advanced report type allows for greater flexibility and complexity in reporting, enabling users to incorporate multiple datasets, calculations, and filters. This capacity is pivotal when customizing reports to meet specific analytical needs and ensuring that the report can perform more sophisticated operations than simpler report types.

Furthermore, enabling the report as a web service facilitates integration and sharing of the report with other applications or users outside the immediate Workday environment, expanding its utility and reach. This makes advanced reports particularly suitable in environments where data from various sources must be combined and analyzed coherently.

In contrast, the other options either restrict the capabilities of the reports or limit their accessibility and functionality. The basic and standard report types do not offer the same level of depth and customization necessary for complex data analysis that can leverage Workday's analytical tools. Simple reports, by their definition, incorporate only one dataset, which significantly constrains the analysis and insights that a user can derive. Therefore, option B stands out as the correct choice due to its comprehensive capabilities in data reporting within Workday Prism.