One of our client want to rename customer as students. Is it ok to rename the tables or what is the best way to do it?
We tried to convince him to go with the customer name, but he insist that. What is the impact if I change this to student.
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Thank you for the advice.
Generally Not. But it is advisable to create new page and change the caption so ultimately you are not changing anything existing.
Do not change anything in Table. Just change on Page.
Just do save as existing page with rename to new page and then change the captions.. :)
-Saurabh Shah
Thank you for the advice. Will changing the caption make any issue in the long run?
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Do not change the Table name since it will create problem in the system.
You can do
1) Create seperate table for student and copy all the table fields and validation from customer
2) Another simple way, if it is only related to presentation then you can create the seperate function called students with the same customer table. (Copy the customer list and card page and save as it with different page number and rename it to student) so by this way you will have total functions of customer but function name will be student. you can also rename some of the field caption in newly created page with desired caption name.
Regards,
Saurabh Shah
Totally agree with Saurabh. You should NOT change any table name. It will create lot of problems in system.
If you want to change the display name of the customer, then change the caption of customer card and customer list. This will also not resolve all your issues. You will have to study the system very detailed and check all the scenarios where error messages are using customer table and everything.
If you just change here and there then suddenly "Customer" message will pop up and your modification will not go smooth as you expected.
My suggestion is say NO to your customer strongly and tell him the issues relate with this.
Do not change the Table name since it will create problem in the system.
You can do
1) Create seperate table for student and copy all the table fields and validation from customer
2) Another simple way, if it is only related to presentation then you can create the seperate function called students with the same customer table. (Copy the customer list and card page and save as it with different page number and rename it to student) so by this way you will have total functions of customer but function name will be student. you can also rename some of the field caption in newly created page with desired caption name.
Regards,
Saurabh Shah
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