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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Customer Central Account Naming Conventions

Concept: Customer Central Account Naming Conventions

Workday assumes that accounts with the same name belong to the same individual. When a user signs in to Customer Central, Customer Central attempts to authenticate to other tenants as the currently signed-in user.
This table suggests naming conventions for Customer Central account names. Disregard the convention if it doesn't meet the naming criteria.
Role
Suggested Naming Convention and Criteria
Security Administrator
first.last-sec-admin
Example: logan.mcneil-sec-admin
An individual's Customer Central Security Administrator account name must be unique.
Central Administrator
first.last
Example: logan.mcneil
An individual's Customer Central Administrator account name must match their account name in other tenants.
User
first.last
Example: logan.mcneil
An individual's Customer Central User account name must match their account name in other tenants.
Security Administrator (Implementer)
firstInitialLast-impl-sec-admin
Example: lmcneil-impl-sec-admin
An implementer's Security Administrator account name must be unique.
Central Administrator (Implementer)
firstInitialLast-impl
Example: lmcneil-impl
An implementer's Central Administrator account name must match their account name in other tenants.
User (Implementer)
firstInitialLast-impl
Example: lmcneil-impl
An implementer's User account name must match their account name in other tenants.