Numeric screen names are now allowed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.1 EE SP4 (5.1.7), 5.2 EE SP3 (5.2.7)
• Fix Version/s: 5.1 EE SP5 (5.1.8), 5.2 EE SP4 (5.2.8)
• Component/s: None
• Labels:
  • 5.2_release_notes
• Environment: All

Numeric screen names are now allowed for users.

To enable numeric screen names, set the following in portal(-ext).properties

users.screen.name.allow.numeric=true

Note: Not all numeric values are allowed as screen names. Numbers used by communities and organizations cannot be used as screen names. More technically, numbers used as a groupId in the Group_ table cannot be used as a screen name.