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Multiple Users with same first_name and last_name not possible?

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Hello, If I create two users: 
<first_name>Joe</first_name>
<last_name>Doe</last_name>
<login_name>joe_doe</login_name>
<first_name>Joe</first_name>
<last_name>Doe</last_name>
<login_name>doe_joe</login_name>
I get the following error: "Identity with Name 'Joe Doe' already exists." Can't we have two Users with the same first and last names in Aras? This seems like a very common use-case to me..
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    Hi Stefan, This is the OOTB behavior when creating two users with the same name, but there are several alternatives that we typically suggest when we hear questions about this.
    1. You can include the middle initial of the user in the first_name property
      1. i.e. John Q. Doe (First Name = John Q.; Last Name = Doe)
    2. You can alter the name of the Alias Identity of the first user to include the login_name
      1. i.e. John Doe [jdoe21]
      2. This allows you to create another John Doe
    3. You append some additional information about the User such as the department they work in to the last name
      1. i.e. John Doe - QA (First Name = John; Last Name = Doe - QA)
    For very large companies where this occurrence may be more common, it would be possible to automate the 2nd option to automatically append the login_name to the name of the Alias Identity when it is created. Chris
    Christopher Gillis Aras Labs Software Engineer
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  • オフライン
    Hi Stefan, This is the OOTB behavior when creating two users with the same name, but there are several alternatives that we typically suggest when we hear questions about this.
    1. You can include the middle initial of the user in the first_name property
      1. i.e. John Q. Doe (First Name = John Q.; Last Name = Doe)
    2. You can alter the name of the Alias Identity of the first user to include the login_name
      1. i.e. John Doe [jdoe21]
      2. This allows you to create another John Doe
    3. You append some additional information about the User such as the department they work in to the last name
      1. i.e. John Doe - QA (First Name = John; Last Name = Doe - QA)
    For very large companies where this occurrence may be more common, it would be possible to automate the 2nd option to automatically append the login_name to the name of the Alias Identity when it is created. Chris
    Christopher Gillis Aras Labs Software Engineer
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