Choose profile fields for Workplace accounts in your organization
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This article is only applicable to system admins.
System admins can customize the set of profile fields in people's Workplace accounts. They can also choose whether the profile fields are shown on Workplace profiles, and manage who can edit information in these profile fields.
There are some compulsory profile fields for Workplace accounts that cannot be removed. Within their sections, these are:
Personal: Name, Pronouns, Username, Birthday, Languages.
Role: Position, Manager and reports, Work Teams.
Organization: Employee ID, Department, Division, Organization, Start date.
Skills: Skills, Biography.
Location: Location.
Contact: Email address, Phone.
You can still control whether most of these fields are shown on Workplace profiles, with the exception of Name, Position, Manager and reports, and Work Teams.
Add more profile fields
There are several extra profile fields that you can choose to add to people’s Workplace accounts. Examples: Job code; Office location; Time zone.
To add more profile fields to people’s Workplace accounts:
- Click
Admin Panel in the left menu on Workplace.
- Click
Settings.
- In the Profile fields tab, click Edit profile fields.
- In the Add profile fields menu on the right, browse the other profile fields and click
to add them one by one.
- Click Done at the top of the page.
Remove profile fields
To remove profile fields:
- Click
Admin Panel in the left menu on Workplace.
- Click
Settings.
- In the Profile fields tab, click Edit profile fields.
- Click the 3 dots
to the right of the profile field you want to remove, then select Remove.
- Review the information, then click Confirm.
- Click Done at the top of the page.
Note: Not all profile fields can be removed, but you can choose whether to show or hide them on user profiles (with some exceptions). You can see a list of these profile fields above.