Concept: Entering and Validating Phone Numbers

Workday has required fields for both Country Phone Code and Phone Number. After you enter the phone number, Workday:

Validates the phone number for a country, if you select
Allowed Phone Validations
in the
Edit Tenant Setup - Global
task.
Automatically formats a valid phone number for a country in the format selected in the
Phone Number View Format
setting in the
Edit Tenant Setup - System
task.

Workday uses the Google libphonenumber library to validate and format phone numbers. If you enter an invalid phone number, Workday doesn't format it and displays the number as entered. If the phone number digits are valid, Workday automatically formats the number based on the Country Phone Code.

Access the

View Sample Phone Number Library

report to see the allowed number of digits in phone numbers for different countries. You can also view sample phone numbers for different countries in the report. It includes fixed line and mobile numbers in these formats:

International Phone Number
National Phone Number