Aliases

An alias is an identity for a user. A user can have multiple aliases, which might map to the various user IDs that the user has for accounts..

A user can have several aliases, for example, GSmith, GWSmith, and SmithG.

Aliases are sometimes used to determine account ownership for unowned accounts by matching up with user IDs for those accounts.

Aliases are often used during reconciliation to determine exactly who might own an account. For example, if an alias for a user matches a user ID for an account, the account is assigned to that user.

Parent topic: Profiles