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Last Updated: 2026-09-18
Create Custom Sequence Generator Locales

Create Custom Sequence Generator Locales

Security:
  • Set Up: Company General
     domain in the Common Financial Management functional area.
  • Set Up: Contact Info, IDs, and Personal Data
     domain in the Contact Information functional area.
  • Set Up: System
     domain in the System functional area.
Custom sequence generator locales enable you to define abbreviations or naming conventions for custom locale-dependent variables. When you enter custom locale-dependent variables in the format string of the sequence generator:
  • Workday uses the values you define to evaluate the variables.
  • You ensure that generated sequence numbers adhere to a consistent format, regardless of the user's location or language preferences when they initiate the task that generates the sequence number.
  1. Access the
    Create Custom Sequence Generator Locale
     task.
  2. Enter fixed-text strings for at least 1 of the custom locale-dependent variables.
    Workday evaluates the custom locale-dependent variables using the locale definition from the
    Sequence Generator Locale
     prompt of the sequence generator definition on these tasks:
    • Create ID Definition / Gapless Sequence Generator
    • Create ID Definition / Sequence Generator
    • Edit ID Definition / Gapless Sequence Generator
    • Edit ID Definition / Sequence Generator
    For sequence generators created before the custom sequence generator locale enhancement, Workday uses the tenant locale to evaluate locale-dependent variables that don’t have a specified locale. The tenant locale is the value in the
    Default Locale
     prompt on the
    Edit Tenant Setup - System
     task.
    Field
    Description
    Locale Name
    A unique name to identify the new custom sequence generator locale.
    Day of Week Short Names (E,EE,EEE)
    The 7 abbreviations for the days of the week, starting with Sunday. Separate the values with commas.
    Example:
    Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
    Day of Week Full Names (EEEE)
    The 7 names for the days of the week, starting with Sunday. Separate the values with commas.
    Example:
    Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
    Month Short Names (MMM)
    The 12 abbreviations for the months of the year, starting with January. Separate the values with commas.
    Example:
    Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
    Month Full Names (MMMM)
    The 12 names for the months of the year, starting with January. Separate the values with commas.
    Example:
    January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
    Periods of Day (a,aa,aaa)
    The 2 names for the periods of the day, starting with the value for before noon followed by after noon. Separate the values with a comma.
    Example:
    AM, PM
    Time Zone Short Names (z,zz,zzz)
    The abbreviations for the regional time zones. If the region observes daylight saving time, enter the standard time followed by the daylight saving time. Separate the values with a comma.
    Examples:
    • PST, PDT
    • IST
    Time Zone Full Names (zzzz)
    The full time zone names for the region. If the region observes daylight saving time, enter the standard time followed by the daylight saving time. Separate the values with a comma.
    Examples:
    • Pacific Standard Time, Pacific Daylight Time
    • India Standard Time
    Era Names (G,GG,GGG,GGGG)
    The 2 names for the eras, starting with the value for before the current era followed by after the current era. Separate the values with a comma.
    Example:
    B.C., A.D.
  3. Click
    OK
    .
You can use the defined custom locale-dependent variables in the
Sequence ID Format
 field of these tasks:
  • Create ID Definition / Gapless Sequence Generator
  • Create ID Definition / Sequence Generator
  • Edit ID Definition / Gapless Sequence Generator
  • Edit ID Definition / Sequence Generator
The current month is March, and for the sequence number, you want to use abbreviated month names in uppercase letters. You configure a custom sequence generator locale, and enter these abbreviations for the months of the year in the
Month Short Names (MMM)
 field:
JAN, FEB, MAR, APR, MAY, JUN, JUL, AUG, SEP, OCT, NOV, DEC
. In an ID / sequence generator definition, you enter the
[MMM]
 variable in the
Sequence ID Format
 field.
When Workday generates the sequence number, it replaces the [MMM] variable with MAR.
Access these tasks to use the defined custom locale-dependent variables in the
Sequence ID Format
 field of the sequence generator definition:
  • Create ID Definition / Gapless Sequence Generator
  • Create ID Definition / Sequence Generator
  • Edit ID Definition / Gapless Sequence Generator
  • Edit ID Definition / Sequence Generator
To evaluate locale-dependent variables in the
Sequence ID Format
 field using a specific locale definition rather than the default tenant locale, select a locale from the
Sequence Generator Locale
 prompt.