How to configure the Mask on Name in APM


This article explains how to configure the Mask on Name in Personal Details.


Introduction

In APM under Personal Details, we have a field called Name that consists of several elements: First-, Last-, Middle-, Title name, etc.

Under the Global Options, you can set some default format for all the Names in the database, by using Mask.

You can display a name John Marshall Erickson Jr. like this:

- John Marshall Erickson Jr. (separated with spaces only )

- John Marshall, Erickson (without Jr. and with comma before the Last Name)

- John Erickson (without the middle name and Jr.) etc.

Setup and Configuration

To add a Mask:

  1. Go to Global Options > Crew List - Personal details > General;

  2. Enable the "use mask on name input" option;

  3. Define the Mask according to your needs.

The setup screen contains elements/separators that you can use for the Mask and gives a preview of how the Name will be displayed according to your Mask.

All the Names in the database will be updated according to this Mask.

Note: each time anyone makes changes in the Global Settings > Mask on Name input, the system will perform an actual update of all crew names in the database, thus we recommend making this set up once, or changing it once. Otherwise the database audits will show that someone was updating the whole database multiple times.