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chriscwharrischriscwharris 

Compute NAME field from other fields as per CONTACT object?

I have a "person" object with various name related fields (Firstname, Lastname etc..) Rather than have them duplicate entry in the actual NAME field in the object I'd like to compute it as per how the Contact object works in Salesforce. Any suggestions on how this can be done because it the moment it looks like various hacks would be needed. It's a pity the NAME field can't be a computed formula!
Parker EdelmannParker Edelmann
Hello @chriscwharris,

I'm not exactly sure if I follow. Are you looking for a formula to calculate the full name? If so, you can use FirstName & " " & LastName to give you the full name. Can you give more details or possibly re-explain it in a different way?

Regards,
Parker
chriscwharrischriscwharris
Hi, no, what I am trying to do is compute the standard NAME field using custom fields so that the user does not need to enter the text twice. The standard object "Contact" does this, you enter the title, firstname and last name and the NAME field is computed.