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Renaming a company in the Classic Client

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I thought this was simple but none of the postings I've seen appear to answer this.

I'm running NAV 2015 with the classic client and a SQL backend database. At the request of the Controller, all I want to do is rename some companies so that they appear better ordered in the list of companies. I cannot for the life of me see how to do this. I can rename any company GROUP, but that doesn't affect the company name itself obviously, and if I attempt to rename the company itself in the group list then I get an error saying that the company doesn't exist.

I'm sure this is something simply I'm overlooking but I can't seem to find where this function would be.

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    DAnny3211 Profile Picture
    11,397 on at

    hi

    look this

    learn.microsoft.com/.../how-to--rename-companies

    or from powershell

    learn.microsoft.com/.../rename-navcompany

    Daniele

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    95,750 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi, I tested NAV2015, just modify the name directly on the Companies page. It doesn't look like a problem.

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    Hope this helps as well.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

  • navwsomarks Profile Picture
    5 on at

    Thank you! That seems to be what I needed; I guess I was hoping for something a little more explicit, such as a screen called "Rename Company".

    Thanks again for your response.

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