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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Automatically Generate Reference IDs for Supervisory Organizations

Automatically Generate Reference IDs for Supervisory Organizations

Workday enables you to automatically generate reference IDs for supervisory organizations using a sequence generator. Organization reference IDs can be:
  • Used in organization names. This makes the organization reference ID visible when viewing or editing a supervisory organization.
  • Searched in Workday. If you search for an organization ID (using a either complete or partial organization ID), Workday returns all supervisory organizations associated with the specified organization ID. Search results include all supervisory organizations that match the search criteria, regardless of whether you selected the
    Include Organization ID in Name
     option when creating a supervisory organization.
Additionally, you can use the Get_Organization_Reference_Id and Put_Organization_Reference_Id web service operations to bulk update reference IDs and also to include the organization ID in the supervisory organization name. These operations are part of the Human Resources web service.
  1. Access the
    Create ID Definition / Sequence Generator
     task to create an ID definition to use with your supervisory organizations.
  2. Access the
    Edit Tenant Setup - HCM
     task to enable the
    ID Definition for Supervisory Organization
     option (using the ID definition you created for supervisory organizations in step 1).
  3. Optional: When accessing the
    Create Supervisory Organization
     task, select the option to include the organization ID in the organization name.
  4. Optional: Use the Put_Organization_Reference_Id web service operations (part of the Human Resources web service) to bulk update existing supervisory organizations with automatically generated organization reference IDs or provide a specific reference ID.