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Last Updated: 2024-02-09
Steps: Set Up Country-Specific Information, Locales, and Languages

Steps: Set Up Country-Specific Information, Locales, and Languages

Follow these steps to set up country-specific information, locales, and languages so that you can enable localization for countries and comply with local regulations. Workday supports localization with:
  • Extended address formats. While basic address formats conform to postal requirements, extended address formats also conform to local payroll and government requirements.
  • Localized fields and country-specific data for information that varies by country, such as names and addresses.
  • Local script name and address fields. Example: Enforcing local names for workers reduces data entry confusion and gives you more control over your name data.
  • Locale and language settings for your tenant and business site locations. Workers at the business site locations inherit that locale.
You can also configure custom names for countries according to your local and organizational requirements. See step 5 for details.
  1. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - System
     task.
    In the
    Default Values
     section, select the
    Default Locale
     and
    Preferred Display Language
     for your tenant.
  2. (Optional) Access the
    Edit Location
     report.
    Set the locale for a business site or location. If you don't set a locale, the business site or location inherits the
    Default Locale
     of the tenant.
    Security:
    Manage: Location
     domain in the Organizations and Roles functional area.
  3. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - Global
     task.
    Use the task to enable Workday-supported languages for their associated locales and manage local information with country-specific settings.
    Security:
    Set Up: Tenant Setup - Global
     domain in the System functional area.
  4. Configure country-specific data for localized fields.
    Access the related
    Maintain
    task of the localized field to configure country-specific data. Example: Access the
    Maintain Disability Configuration
     task to configure data for the local
    Disability
     field. See Steps: Set Up Disability Tracking.
  5. (Optional) Set up custom names for countries.
Manage translations for your configuration and business data. See Steps: Manage Translations.