Sorry. I'm talking about the possibility of renaming a custom field. Right now there is a Salutation custom database field and a Contact custom database field. Instead of Mr., Mrs., Dr., Rev., etc. being in Salutation, it's the place where, when there IS a contact other than the actual client, that other person's name is usually put. In other words, Salutation is usually the repository of (alternate) contact name (when there is one). Only occasionally, depending on who was doing the entry, has the actual Contact database field been used for this info. So, my thought is that it might be easiest to take the few alternate contact names that were actually entered into the Contact database field, move them to Salutation, delete Contact and then rename Salutation to Contact. However, if we do rename this database field, what happens to any existing reports that reference the field with the old name - are they automatically updated with the new name or must that be done manually? Our invoices use Salutation when there is an alternate contact, e.g. John Doe (contact), Estate of Mary Doe (client), 12345 Main Street, etc.
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