What can I do to get my Name to Save when I Typed in the Case of the Name Wrong?
- 23 May 2023
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What can I do to get my Name to Save when I Typed in the Case of the Name Wrong?
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I keep changing the case of letters when I type names in wrong and I can't get the new case to change. For example, I typed Mcduff and I need it to read McDuff. I even tried removing the name and retyping it and it still won't save correctl, what can I do to fix this?
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In many areas of FIMS you will find case insensitivity. This is done so that codes could be entered as abc,ABC, Abc, etc and still be matched or selected as the same value when doing reports. This does cause issues when trying to fix the visual.
The trick to forcing a save is to add a character to the field value being changed:.
If the field currently has Mcduff, change it to McDuffx. Because mcduff is not the same as mcduffx, the new field will save with the correct case. A further change of McDuffx to McDuff and you have changed to the new cases.
This does seem tedious, but it is an infrequent occurrence and it does mean that the data entry requirements for the codes can be less stringent.
The trick to forcing a save is to add a character to the field value being changed:.
If the field currently has Mcduff, change it to McDuffx. Because mcduff is not the same as mcduffx, the new field will save with the correct case. A further change of McDuffx to McDuff and you have changed to the new cases.
This does seem tedious, but it is an infrequent occurrence and it does mean that the data entry requirements for the codes can be less stringent.
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