[Internal] Child Handles: Naming Best Practices

[Internal] Child Handles: Naming Best Practices

Introduction
This document provides best practices for naming child handles (sub org units). The term child handles is for internal use only. When speaking with clients, refer to them as sub org units. When creating a child handle, use the following guidelines.

Organizational Unit Format

When naming a sub org unit, the first part of the name should match the parent organization name as it appears in the dropdown.

Format: Parent Organizational Name - Sub Org Unit (Child) Name
Example: Comevo Sandbox - Customer Care

Handle Name Format

Format: parent handle-child handle
Example: sandbox-cc

Naming Best Practices

Child handles must be:
  1. Short
  2. Lower case
  3. One word--no spaces
  4. No symbols--can use hyphen
  5. An abbreviation if it can't be misinterpreted
Basic abbreviations to use for most departments:

Department
Abbreviation
 Athletics department
 athletics
 Disability
 dsps
 Employee
 emp
 EOPS
 eops
 Faculty
 faculty
 Financial Aid
 fa
 Graduate Department
 grad
 Human Resources
 hr
 International
 intl
 Library
 lib
 New Student Orientation
 nso
 Parent
 parent
 Pharmacy
 pharm
 Staff
 staff
 Student Conduct
 conduct
 Student Life
 student
 Teachers
 teachers
 Training
 train
 Transfer
 transfer
 Tutoring Center
 tutor
















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