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You can specify whether users are prompted to create their own usernames or whether the
system automatically creates usernames. Selecting an attribute for the username segments from
the required attributes list improves the chances that a new username is successfully created.
Maximum length: The maximum length of the user name. This value must be between 1 and
50.
Prompt for user name: Enables users to create their own usernames.
Automatically create user name: Specifies that the system creates usernames. You can
configure the segments for the system to use when creating usernames and configure how the
names are displayed.
For example, if you are using the required attributes of Common First Name and Common Last
Name, a username for Adam Smith might be generated as A.Smith_02, as shown in the
following illustration:
Segment 1
Use the following settings to specify how this is accomplished:
Segment 1: The required attribute to use as the first segment for the user name. The
values displayed in this drop-down menu correspond to the required attributes you
selected. For example, you might select Common First Name to use for Segment 1.
Length: The length of the first attribute segment. For example, if you selected Common
First Name for the Segment 1 value, setting the length to 1 specifies that the system uses
the first letter of the Common First Name attribute. Therefore, Adam Smith would be
ASmith.
Junction: The type of junction to use between the attributes of the user name. If a period
is selected, Adam Smith would display as A.Smith.
Segment 2: The required attribute to use as the second segment for the user name. The
values displayed in this drop-down menu correspond to the required attributes you
selected. For example, you might select Common Last Name to use for Segment 2.
Length: The length of the second attribute segment. For example, if you selected
Common Last Name for the Segment 2 value, you might set the length to All, so that the
full last name is displayed. However, the system does not allow more than 20 characters
for the length of segment 2.
Ensure name is unique: Applies a suffix to the colliding name until a unique name is
found, if using attributes causes a collision with an existing name. If no attributes are
provided, or the lengths for them are 0, and this option is selected, the system creates a
unique name.
8 Click Next.
9 Specify password settings.
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Segment 2
A.Smith_02
Suffix Length
Junction Junction