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Change the names of many client contact records

You can use the Records dashboard tab to decrease the time necessary to change the names of client contact records.

To change the names of many client records, do this procedure.
  1. Select Dashboard.
    The Dashboard tab
  2. Select Records.
    The Records tab
    ezyVet shows the Records screen.
  3. Set Record Type to Contact.
    The Contact record type
  4. If necessary, set applicable filters that ezyVet uses to show the records.
    The filters section of the Records dashboard tab
  5. Select Show Records.
    The Show Records button
  6. Select the applicable records.
  7. In the Perform Action section, select All or Selected.
    The All and Selected buttons
    Note: To change all records of the search results, select All. To change only the records that you select, select Selected.
  8. In the Action list, select Contact - Clean Names.
    The Contact - Clean Names setting
  9. Select Action.
    The Action button
    ezyVet shows the Clean Names dialog box.
  10. Use the information given in About changes to names of many client contact records to make the necessary settings.
    Note: It is not mandatory to make the settings. If necessary, you can keep the boxes empty and continue to the next step.
  11. Select Confirm.
    The Confirm button
    ezyVet shows one more dialog box that has a preview of the changes.
  12. Do a check of the changes.
    Note: During this step, you can enter more changes. This example image shows two records that have an incorrect * character in the name. You can enter the correct information in the New Last Name boxes:
    An example of two records that have an incorrect * character in the name
  13. Select Clean.
    The Clean button
    ezyVet shows a confirmation message:
    A confirmation message
The client records have the new names.