Article - CS244222

Usernames should be case insensitive in ThingWorx Platform

Modified: 28-May-2025   


Applies To

  • ThingWorx Platform 7.1 to 9.7

Description

  • User login should not be case sensitive in ThingWorx Platform
  • Make user login case insensitive for ThingWorx Platform User Entities
  • Is there any method to turn off ThingWorx case sensitive feature?
  • How to make logging case-insensitive when using Active Directory Service (Distinguished names in AD are not case sensitive)
  • Users that sign into ThingWorx via Single Sign-On (SSO) with PingFederate results in duplicate User Entities
  • User creation in ThingWorx is case sensitive leading to duplicate entries when users are stored with different letter cases
  • Issue arises when users are created after the first login with varying cases in their usernames
  • Need a platform-level solution to ensure usernames are created in lowercase
  • ThingWorx User is not able to login with the same name if they use different casing (i.e. Administrator works while administrator does not)
  • Users must enter the exact username including case to login to ThingWorx Platform
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