Auto Format Entered Phone Numbers, other data

It would be great if that as a part of User Management settings if there were a way to auto format phone numbers and other data.

In the applicable settings allow us to set one of the following:

  • (XXX) YYY-ZZZZ
  • XXX-YYY-ZZZZ
  • XXX YYY ZZZZ

This way no matter how the phone number is entered in the system it is displayed in the desired format.

Addresses would be big as well - for example wanting St. and Dr. in place of Street and Drive for addresses.

Just give us ways of automating the standardization of data so it's not all manual or data refreshes!

  • Alex Orlebeke
  • Dec 5 2017
  • Implemented
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  • shirl clayton commented
    19 Nov, 2025 09:00pm

    Try - Core, Users, User Profile Settings, Profile Page Settings, Edit, Enable Phone Number Validation, then the Phone Format box will appear

  • Elaine Bregman commented
    19 Nov, 2025 08:28pm

    Please let us know where to access settings. Glad this was implemented!

  • Courtney Simmons commented
    19 Nov, 2025 04:30pm

    Does anyone know yet where to go to access this setting? Thanks!

  • Cheryl Fanti commented
    19 Nov, 2025 03:45pm

    THANK YOU!

  • Lauren Henderson commented
    19 Nov, 2025 03:15pm

    THANK YOU!

  • Bev Byrd commented
    28 Aug, 2025 05:50pm

    Please!!!! This has been needed for YEARS.

  • Ingrid Coolins commented
    13 Aug, 2024 10:48pm

    Why has this not yet been implemented (first request in 2017????). This has got to be the easiest fix for your tech team? Almost every single place you go online has the formatting for phone numbers. This takes up so much time to reformat every time we do an import of new families and it just looks sloppy.

  • Guest commented
    9 May, 2024 03:42pm

    PLEASE IMPLEMENT THIS. A colleague who uses Raiser's Edge says that that program auto formats these fields. The data being imported and exported should be in a standardized format.

  • Lindsey Bryant commented
    15 Feb, 2024 05:12pm

    And make it so the BBTM can handle phone numbers that actually follow international phone numbers. If there is a phone number with more than 10 digits in BBEM, BBTM will take the first 10 characters.

  • Chrystalle Kiefer commented
    31 Oct, 2023 03:16pm

    So important!! Please allow us to select how our phone numbers and addresses should format and then have them auto format! I don't understand why RE NXT can do this, but the education side cannot.

  • Joe Kemp commented
    6 Oct, 2023 09:47pm

    How is it possible that this simple thing that every other website in the free world has in place hasn't been added to this product in 6 years? Ridiculous fail on the product management team.

  • Ruth Loy commented
    29 Sep, 2023 06:38pm

    Cannot believe this has yet to be implemented still! Seems like an easy fix. Don't inquiry forms already have this in place? Why not application forms?

  • Daniel commented
    23 May, 2023 02:31pm

    This is also needed for postal code formatting on Application forms - currently doesn't allow for spaces when filling it in, presumably because it's based on ZIP code formatting. We're a Canadian school, 90% of our addresses need this formatting - has to be corrected on contact cards afterwards.

  • Daniel commented
    23 May, 2023 02:29pm

    Suggested since 2017, 137 votes - is BB ever going to get around to this or at least explain why it's not been implemented?

  • Lori MacConnell commented
    2 Aug, 2022 08:03pm

    Yes, please. Schools should be able to choose the formatting type used throughout the site.

  • Lauren Henderson commented
    12 May, 2022 05:39pm

    Bring this system up to Raiser's Edge standards please!

  • Kristofer Thurston commented
    29 Apr, 2022 05:53pm

    Yes, please!


    Phone numbers are easily formatted.


    Names need leading, trailing, and extra spaces removed.


    Proper capitalization needs to be enforced.


    All addresses need to be checked and verified against the postal database, including the extra 4 on zip codes.


  • Guest commented
    13 Oct, 2021 04:50pm

    Love this we also use

    xxx.xxx.xxxx

  • Daniel commented
    26 Aug, 2021 01:51pm

    Please implement this - for ease of use by our admin staff when pulling lists for mailings, etc, we need a consistent format for everything (not just phone numbers - street name abbreviations, etc)

  • Melissa Rabinow commented
    25 Jul, 2019 07:56pm

    Yes please!  As I am AGAIN cleaning up/re-cleaning up phone numbers from our Summer Forms process!  Very frustrating and time consuming

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