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How to Automatically Generate Employee IDs?

Automatically generate your employees’ IDs in Combo to save time and ensure payroll reliability.

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How to enable automatic ID generation?

From Settings > Payroll:

  • Enable the option Automatic ID generation

  • Add a prefix if you want each ID to begin with a letter or specific code

  • Choose whether to:

    • Update existing IDs (they will be replaced)

    • Keep existing IDs

💡 If you replace existing IDs, their history will be overwritten. Double-check before confirming.


How to check generated IDs?

From an employee profile > Overview:

  • Click Edit information

  • Open the Contact details tab

  • Check the Employee ID field

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  • An automatically generated ID cannot be modified.

  • It is made up of 4 digits. Example: if you add the prefix “35”, the ID will be 0035.

  • You can directly enter an ID in the Team tab to quickly find an employee.

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