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Is it Possible to concatenate first name and last name in full name field using Business Rule?

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I have done it by calculated field and workflow, just wanted to know if we can achieve it with business rule.

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ARIFNIIT 1,391 on at

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I think calculated field is best option to concatenate two field values.

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Hi Seshan,

Unfortunately using business rule you can not achieve this operation.

You can create calculated field to concatenate those fields or you can write simple javascript which will fire on change of first name and last name and concatenate them.

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You can also do this with a Workflow/Script/Calculate Field/Custom Workflow Activity.

See the following articles to Concatenate using a Workflow:

crmramblingsbysteven.wordpress.com/.../how-to-concatenate-two-fields-using-workflow-in-dynamics-crm-2011

See the following articles to Concatenate using a Calculate Field:

crmramblingsbysteven.wordpress.com/.../microsoft-crm-2015-how-do-i-concatenate-two-fields-in-microsoft-crm-2015-revised

Hope this helps.

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Arpit Shrivastava 7,518 User Group Leader on at

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Hi Sachin,

No, Business Rules does not provide you the provision to concatenate two fields.

Mark this an answer, If it helps.

Thanks

Arpit

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Drew Clark 75 on at

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Honestly I would use javaScript,

I wrote a blog post on how to concatenate two fields or more into a field with all the corresponding step including adding in a web resource. It is tailored towards someone who has never programmed before. It isn't very hard and should not take too long. Let me know if you need help at clarkandali.com

www.clarkandali.com/.../concatenate-in-dynamics-365-with-javascript

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Priyesh 7,396 User Group Leader on at

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Hi All,

I suggest a Real-Time workflow to go with for this approach. You can even make it work across multiple forms as well or even in the background if the data is being populated with Excel Import/Plugin.

It's easy to make a workflow and is very quick and easy to maintain.

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