Preferred Name in Data Set

Jason.H.500
Jason.H.500 Posts: 39
edited October 10 in Higher Ed / Postsecondary

We're trying to find Preferred Name in a data set. On the Users table, there is a "FirstName". Does this return the Preferred Name (if one is set)? Or is Preferred Name on a different table?

https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4740-users-data-sets

Thank you!

Best Answer

  • Bhoomika.M.5897
    Bhoomika.M.5897 Posts: 18 🤝🏼 image
    Answer ✓

    Hi @Jason.H.500

    Thank you for reaching out to the Brightspace Community team.

    As mentioned in the documentation, although there isn't a specific data set that exclusively provides the user's Preferred Name, the FirstName column will return the Preferred First Name if one is provided. If a Preferred Name is not set, the system will use the legal first name instead.

    Let me know if you have any further questions.

    Best Regards,
    Bhoomika