1. 

   Betty
   

   Member
   Posted Feb 1, 2010 #

   I currently have pedigrees created in Progeny, with peoples' names listed. Is there a way to create a field to just list these peoples' initials (rather than their full name)? If yes, is there a way to set-up the field so that it can take the full names to automatically generate the initials (instead of having to manually type in the intials of every single person on the pedigrees)? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
2. 

   Conrad Brammer
   

   Progeny Staff
   Posted Mar 2, 2010 #

   Hello Betty,

   You can generate initials in a computed field based off the data fields "First Name", "Middle Name" and "Last Name", for instance, with the following computed field structure:

   substring({Demographics\First Name}, 0, 1) + substring({Demographics\Middle Name}, 0, 1) +
   substring({Demographics\Last Name}, 0, 1)

   Simply substitute the fields above (i.e. {Demographics\First Name}) with your own data fields and the computed field will take the first character from each field.

   Thanks for the question!

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