Optional name users can enter/update if they want to be identified by a name other than their legal name. For example, married or transgender names.

Appear in all name-related fields, searches, processes, and reports throughout Desktop, J1 Web, and the campus portal except where legal name is required.

Entered by users from the campus portal My profile and settings, Campus Name options or administrative Desktop users from the Additional Names window. If a campus name is not entered, their legal name is displayed.

Authoritative identifier required when users are first added to the system.

Function as a user’s campus name unless the campus name is changed.

Appear in name-related fields, searches, processes, and reports throughout Desktop, J1 Web, and campus portal where legal name is required for users with the appropriate permissions. For example, institutional, state, and federal reporting related information.

Added to users from the campus portal My profile and settings, Legal Name options or administrative Desktop users from the Additional Names window.

Users must have permission to view legal names. Access is managed using the Additional Names Types window, Permission tab.