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Administrator Guide

Reference: Edit Tenant Setup - Global

Reference: Edit Tenant Setup - Global

Manage tenant-wide language and location settings in these areas:

Personal Data for Workers

Frequently Used Values

Languages

Option	Description	More Information
Hide Translations after Base Value Change	Hides translated values when you edit the base value of a translatable instance. To preserve translated values, clear this check box. The setting is only valid for tenanted translations.	Steps: Manage Translations
Available Languages	Identifies each Language , in addition to English, that Workday supports and indicates: Its name as it displays in the native language ( Native Name ). If the language is currently available as a display language for Workday users ( Workday-Supported ). The locales for which Workday uses the language as the default ( Default for Locales ). You can select the Enabled check box for a Workday-supported language to enable it as the default display language for users in its associated locales. Users can select an enabled language as a preferred display language override. Workday doesn't deliver user interface translations in non-Workday-supported languages. However, you can still enable languages that Workday doesn't support and translate tenanted data into those languages, enabling integration system users to support local payroll or other integrations. When you enable a new Workday-supported language, it affects the default display language for all users with locales associated with that language. Instead of seeing the interface in English, users automatically see the interface in the enabled language. Users can change their interface to display in English by accessing the Change Preferences task and setting their Preferred Display Language to English .	Workday Community: Languages

Personal Data for Workers

Option	Description	More Information
Citizenship: Track For Academic Affiliates in These Countries	Tracks Citizenship Status in the academic affiliate's personal information for the selected countries and regions. When displaying fields enabled for specific countries, Workday compares the country associated with an academic affiliate's primary position with the countries selected here.	Steps: Set Up Personal Information Fields
Date Entered Workforce: Track for Workers in These Countries	Tracks the Date Entered Workforce in employee service dates for the selected countries and regions. When displaying fields enabled for specific countries, Workday compares the country associated with a worker's primary position with the countries you select here.	Steps: Set Up Personal Information Fields
Use Date with Day Precision for Education: Track for Workers in These Countries	Tracks education dates to the day, rather than the year, for the selected countries and regions. When displaying fields enabled for specific countries, Workday compares the country associated with a worker's primary position with the countries selected here.	Steps: Set Up Education
Allow Multiple Ethnicities: Allow in These Countries	Enables you to select more than 1 ethnicity for workers in the selected countries and regions.	Steps: Set Up Personal Information Fields
Allow Multiple Veteran's Preference	Enables you to select more than 1 veteran's preference for workers in the selected countries and regions.	Steps: Set Up Personal Information Fields
Dependents for Payroll Purposes: Track For Workers' Dependents in These Countries	Tracks Dependents for Payroll Purposes in the worker's dependent information for the selected countries and regions.	Steps: Set Up Personal Information Fields
Place of Birth: Track Country of Birth for Academic Affiliates in These Countries Track Region of Birth for Academic Affiliates in These Countries	Tracks the birth place of the academic affiliates for selected countries and regions.	Steps: Set Up Personal Information Fields

Frequently Used Values

Option	Description	More Information
Country	Adds the selected countries to all country prompts.	(Optional) Steps: Set Up Custom Names for Countries
Preferred Currencies for Prompting	Adds the selected currencies to the Preferred Currencies prompt displayed in the Default Currency field on the Edit Tenant Setup - System task.	Reference: Edit Tenant Setup - System Steps: Set Up Currencies

Other

Option	Description	See Also
Allowed Phone Validations	Enables phone validations by country. When you enable phone validations, Workday validates and formats a valid phone number. If the phone number is invalid, Workday displays an error message.	Steps: Set Up Phone Numbers
Self Service Payment Election Countries	Specify the countries in which workers can make self-service payment elections. Payment election types include payroll and expense reimbursement pay types.	Steps: Set Up Payment Elections
Use Extended Address Format in These Countries	Enables predefined extended address formats for the selected countries, including addresses associated with all business objects, such as: Accounts Banks Companies Customers Locations Workers Basic address formats conform to postal requirements. Extended address formats conform to local payroll and government requirements in addition to postal requirements. The most common difference between the basic and extended address formats for these countries is that House Number and Street Name are 2 separate fields. When you enable the extended format for a country, the additional fields that make up the extended format are immediately available for data entry. Changing from basic to extended address formats requires a conversion to ensure existing data maps correctly to new fields and that reports and integrations incorporate the new fields.	Steps: Set Up Address Components by Country
Enable Partial National ID Masking for These Countries	Enables the display of a partially masked National ID for selected countries. Each country must have a National ID type configured.
Enable Unlimited National ID Verification Attempts	Disables the preset limit of 5 attempts to verify a National ID after which you can't make another attempt.
Verify National ID Custom Message	Enables you to create a custom message to display when a National ID can't be verified. A default message displays if you don't provide a custom message.
Enable Phonetic Name for Company and Business Entity in These Languages	Enables phonetic name fields in supported languages for: Bank details Business entities Companies Customers Payees Suppliers You can use these fields to record the correct pronunciation of names and to display phonetic names on specific financial documents.
Enable Furigana Validation	Enables validations on Furigana data entries.
Enable Western Script Validation	Enables you to select languages for western script validation.
Enable Country / Territory Label	Enables you to override country labels with country / territory labels in some Workday tasks. If you enable this setting, we recommend that you also use the Maintain Custom Labels task to create a custom label to override the term country everywhere in your tenant.