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
    November 19, 2025 21:00

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

  • Elaine Bregman commented
    November 19, 2025 20:28

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

  • Courtney Simmons commented
    November 19, 2025 16:30

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

  • Cheryl Fanti commented
    November 19, 2025 15:45

    THANK YOU!

  • Lauren Henderson commented
    November 19, 2025 15:15

    THANK YOU!

  • Bev Byrd commented
    August 28, 2025 17:50

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

  • Ingrid Coolins commented
    August 13, 2024 22:48

    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
    May 09, 2024 15:42

    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
    February 15, 2024 17:12

    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
    October 31, 2023 15:16

    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
    October 06, 2023 21:47

    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
    September 29, 2023 18:38

    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
    May 23, 2023 14:31

    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
    May 23, 2023 14:29

    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
    August 02, 2022 20:03

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

  • Lauren Henderson commented
    May 12, 2022 17:39

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

  • Kristofer Thurston commented
    April 29, 2022 17:53

    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
    October 13, 2021 16:50

    Love this we also use

    xxx.xxx.xxxx

  • Daniel commented
    August 26, 2021 13:51

    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
    July 25, 2019 19:56

    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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