Add [preferred_name] as an option to Event Management communications

Communications inside of Event Management/Event Registration (confirmation, reminder, follow-up) allow the use of [first_name] but not [preferred_name] which seems like a big oversight.

Furthermore, throughout the rest of Enrollment Management, there is an invisible logic applied across all communications, where the [preferred_name] field grabs from the [first_name] field when empty.

Please make this update for consistency across the whole platform, as it's current use is limited and impersonal.

Thank you for considering it!

  • Tamara Photiadis
  • Jan 18 2024
  • Implemented
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  • Jeff Harrison commented
    22 Jan 16:10

    I've been fighting for them to fix the preferred_name issue for a while. It worked properly in the system for about the first 6 months and then they broke it with a different update. There are a number of other requests in the system about preferred name. If you do a search and up vote them then maybe they will finally fix the issue.