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dnakonidnakoni 

Lead required fields

I have the following problem:

 

LastName is a required field on a Lead. Is there a way to change that? I have a requirement stating that Last Name should be optional, but no way to change it. Any ideas?

 

Thank you.

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jkucerajkucera

Web to lead creates leads that ignores validation rules such as required fields, but there is not another way to ignore required fields.

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jkucerajkucera

Web to lead creates leads that ignores validation rules such as required fields, but there is not another way to ignore required fields.

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debikendebiken

I have a similar problem with the company name field, we don't always have that as some of our leads are just individual consumers.  Have you found any work around for this?  I guess we could create a trigger that enters "Not Provided" in that field as in a web-to-lead that is blank.  Looking for any other suggestions!

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jkucerajkucera

I think a default value of "Not Provided" is the best workaround using either a workflow rule or a trigger.