Rich Text Fields in WWS

TIL that you can use HTML to format rich text in EIBs and Workday SOAP API's.

Reference: Rich Text Fields in WWS

This is the example Workday gave:

Input:

Expenses &lt; $40,000 &amp; <br> <p>only <b>ONE</b> open headcount at quarter end</p>

XML Request:

...
<bsvc:Description>
    Expenses &amp;lt; $40,000 &amp;amp; &lt;br> &lt;p>only &lt;b>ONE&lt;/b> open headcount at quarter end&lt;/p>
</bsvc:Description>
...

Output:

Expenses < $40,000 &

Only ONE open headcount at quarter end