It seems that students can only see their Preferred and Last name. We would like them to be able to see their full name, as we are asking them to confirm what will be printed on their graduation parchment. A toggle view to full name view like staff see would be ideal.
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Kristine Gripp I run into issues where reports only show the preferred name, but my account settings indicate I want to see the full name. It works for student lookup but on reports it still only shows the preferred name which may not match what I'm working on (esp if any federal or audit reporting).
Tangential request - We have recently had issues with students changing their regular/real first name to their preferred name - we want to make it so the legal name can only be changed by the school (if they show us formal name change via updated SSN card, etc). We can't find them on reports if their preferred name is not what we know. Particularly this is an issue for international students who often take on an americanized preferred first name.
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Adam Sentz Kristine Gripp - That setting just dictates which name you see by default on Profiles. Throughout Populi you'll generally see the Populi Name. If you need additional name fields on a report just make sure to add them in the Export Helper.
Students can't directly edit their name in Populi. Maybe you are having them fill out forms with a linked name field that is updating their name? If you'd like help with that please reach out to Support.
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Kristine Gripp Thanks Adam! I will check with other offices who use forms. I know mine don't have any linked fields as of this time.
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