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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Maintain Name Components by Country

Maintain Name Components by Country

Security:
Set Up: Contact Info, IDs, and Personal Data
in the Contact Information functional area.
You can enable, hide, or require name components by country on the
Maintain Name Components by Country
task for:
  • Your tenant-wide settings.
  • Workday Recruiting.
  • All other functional areas in Workday.
Workday uses the
General Name Display Type
field in the
Name & Address Display
section on the
Edit Tenant Setup – System
task for candidates and prospects.
  1. Access the
    Maintain Name Components by Country
    task.
  2. Click either the
    Name Components
    tab or the
    Recruiting Name Components
    tab.
  3. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Allowed
    Select the check box if you want to enable the relevant name component.
    Required
    Select the check box if you want the relevant name as a required component.
    Enforce Required in Web Services
    If you require a name component, you can select this check box to include this component as the relevant web services.
    Label Override
    If you provide a label override, Workday uses the label override as the description label instead.
You configured name components for Workday Recruiting or other functional areas in Workday or both.
You can use the
View Name Components by Country
report to view your name component configurations.