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Last Updated: 2023-11-03
Reference: Naming Guidelines

Reference: Naming Guidelines

Table and Dataset Names

Workday suggests that you follow these naming restrictions and recommendations. Workday might not enforce all naming restrictions depending on how you create the dataset.
If you're new to Workday, you don't have access to create or edit base datasets.
Name Type
Table
Dataset (base and derived)
Name
This is the display name.
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Table names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can include any character, including multi-byte characters, as long as all characters are UTF-8 encoded.
  • Can't start with a space or WPA_.
  • Can’t end with a space.
This is the display name.
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Dataset names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can include any character, including multi-byte characters, as long as all characters are UTF-8 encoded.
  • Can't start with a space or WPA_.
  • Can’t end with a space.
For datasets created from SFTP or custom reports, Workday enforces only these display name restrictions:
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Dataset names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
API Name
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Table API names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can only include alphanumeric and underscore characters.
  • Must start with a letter.
  • Must end with an alphanumeric character.
  • Can't start with WPA_.
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Dataset API names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can only include alphanumeric and underscore characters.
  • Must start with a letter.
  • Must end with an alphanumeric character.
  • Can't start with WPA_.
Field Name
This is the display name.
  • Can't start with a space or with WPA_.
Table field names are case insensitive.
This is the display name.
  • Can’t start with ( or with WPA_.
  • Must be unique within the dataset.
Dataset field names are case sensitive.
Field API Name
  • Must be unique in the table. Table API field names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can only include alphanumeric and underscore characters.
  • Must start with a letter.
  • Can’t end with an underscore character.
  • Can't start with WPA_.
Workday uses dataset API field names as the dataset field display names.

Data Change Task Names

Data change task names:
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Data change task names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can include any character, including multi-byte characters, as long as all characters are UTF-8 encoded.
  • Can't start with a space or WPA_.
  • Can’t end with a space.
Data change task API names:
  • Must be unique in the Data Catalog. Table API names are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can only include alphanumeric and underscore characters.
  • Must start with a letter.
  • Must end with an alphanumeric character.
  • Can't start with WPA_.

Connection Names

SFTP connection names:
  • Must be unique.
  • Are case insensitive.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can include any character, including multi-byte characters, as long as all characters are UTF-8 encoded.

Prism Data Source Names

The Prism data source name comes from the display name of the published dataset or the table enabled for analysis.

wBucket Names

  • Must be unique.
  • Can contain a maximum of 255 characters.
  • Can only include alphanumeric and underscore characters.
  • Must start with a letter.
  • Can't end with an underscore character.
  • Can't start with WPA_.

This content is not part of the Workday Administrator Guide.