Add a Preferred Last Name field

It would be helpful to have a separate "Preferred Last Name" field for constituents who go by a different last name than their legal last name (which lives in the "Last Name" field).

Currently we keep the preferred last name in an Alias. This poses several challenges, including:

  • Inability to use the preferred last name in an Addressee format without involving the free text option

  • Preferred last name not displayed on constituent record

  • Difficulty updating names properly during imports


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  • Jan 10 2022
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  • Mary Zieten commented
    12 Aug 16:10

    We have this now in Education Management, and now the field doesn't carry over into NXT, which makes it more important to add to NXT sooner rather than later!