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Using custom field to pull through a name

 
Paula Hadlum
Using custom field to pull through a name
by Paula Hadlum - Friday, 9 August 2024, 1:16 AM
 

We have a custom field of Preferred Name and want to pull it thorugh to our Welcome bannner on the home page. The caption title on our welcome banner currently pulls through Hello [firstname]. When I change the field to Hello [Preferred Name], it displays the text 'Preferred Name' and does not pull through data from the field itself. The custom field is in the category of use profile category of ESR Data.


Am I missing a step?

 
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Craig Eves
Re: Using custom field to pull through a name
by Craig Eves (Totara Support) - Sunday, 11 August 2024, 5:05 PM
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Hi Paula

The current user fields available in the Featured links block don't include custom fields . I added a custom field and this doesn't populate the selection box.

Are you able to use the existing Alternate name field that is available as a field?

regards

 
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Paula Hadlum
Re: Using custom field to pull through a name
by Paula Hadlum - Monday, 9 September 2024, 4:11 AM
 

Thank you for the suggestion. I don't recall us ever seeing or using the alternate name field but we will definitely take a look.

 
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