---
title: Platform Username node
description: Prompts the user to enter their username and stores it in a configurable state attribute.
component: auth-node-ref
version: 7.4
page_id: auth-node-ref::platform-username
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/auth-node-ref/latest/platform-username.html
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  outcomes: Outcomes
  properties: Properties
---

# Platform Username node

Prompts the user to enter their username and stores it in a configurable state attribute.

## Compatibility

| Product                                                                                                                                               | Compatible?           |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| PingOne Advanced Identity Cloud                                                                                                                       | [icon: check, set=fa] |
| ForgeRock Access Management (self-managed)

This functionality requires that you configure AM as part of a Ping Identity Platform deployment. | [icon: check, set=fa] |
| Ping Identity Platform (self-managed)                                                                                                                 | [icon: check, set=fa] |

## Outcomes

Single outcome path.

## Properties

| Property           | Usage                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Validate Username  | When enabled, this node checks the user's input against IDM's username policies, and returns any policy failures as errors.	Only enable this field if you're using this node as part of a registration journey. Don't enable this field in an authentication journey because the validation includes verifying that the provided username doesn't exist in the identity store. |
| Username Attribute | The attribute used to store a username in the IDM object.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |