Workday organizes information about security roles around organizations and positions. This article provides a list of organization type abbreviations that can be used in the Assign Roles Business Process, as well as a list of organizations at UW-Madison and their Reference IDs, making it easier to search for and select the intended organization when requesting a role assignment.
Organization Type Abbreviations
| Core Organization Type | Search Prefix |
|---|---|
| Academic Unit | au: |
| Company | company: |
| Cost Center | costcenter: |
| Cost Center Hierarchy | cch: |
| Gift | gift: |
| Grant | grant: |
| Location Hierarchy | loch: |
| Pay Group | paygroupname: |
| Program | program: |
| Project | project: |
| Supervisory | sup: |
Organization Reference IDs
Note: This list may not be exhaustive or up-to-date. Workday is the source of truth for the current organizational structures.
Click here to download: UWMSN Organizations and Ref IDs (XLSX)