Update Contacts

Form ID: (CR503021)

On this form, you can mass-update contact records by selecting the settings you want to update in the Mass Update wizard.

Form Toolbar

The form toolbar includes standard and form-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Form Toolbar and More Menu. The form-specific commands are listed in the following table.

Button Description
Process Initiates the update process for the contacts that you have selected in the table. When you click this button, the Mass Update wizard opens, which you use to update a setting or multiple settings in the selected contacts.
Process All Initiates the update process for all contacts listed in the table. When you click this button, the Mass Update wizard opens, which you use to update a setting or multiple settings in all the listed contacts.

Mass Update Wizard

You can use this wizard to update a setting or multiple settings in the contacts. You can open the wizard in one of the following ways:

  • By selecting a record or multiple records in the table and clicking Process on the form toolbar
  • By clicking Process All on the form toolbar

This wizard consists of two pages with the elements and attributes of the contacts that you might want to update, and a review page with the changes the system will apply to the selected contacts if you click Finish.

Table 1. Mass Update Wizard: Elements PageIn the table on this page, you can select each element whose settings you want to change, enter the new value or state for each selected setting, and proceed to the next page.
Element Description
Included An unlabeled check box that you can select to cause the system to insert the value you specify for this element in all processed contacts.
Name The name of the element whose value or state you can update in the processed contacts if you select the unlabeled check box and specify a new value or state.
Value The value (or state) that will be applied to the element in the processed contacts if the element is selected.
To proceed, you click one of the following buttons.
Next Goes to the next page of the wizard.
Cancel Closes the wizard and cancels any changes.
Table 2. Mass Update Wizard: Attributes Page

In the table on this page, you can select an attribute or multiple attributes, enter the value for each selected attribute, indicate whether the attribute is required, and proceed to the next page.

This page appears if contacts included in the processing are belong to the same contact class.

If contacts included in the processing are belong to different contact classes, this page does not appear.

Element Description
Included An unlabeled check box that you select to cause the system to insert the value you specify for this attribute in all processed contacts.
Name The name of the attribute whose value or state you can update in the processed contacts if you select the unlabeled check box and specify a new value or state.
Value The value (or state) of the attribute that will be applied to the processed contacts if this attribute is selected.
Required A check box that you can select to make the attribute required for the selected contacts.
To proceed, you click one of the following buttons.
Next Goes to the next page of the wizard.
Prev Goes to the previous page of the wizard.
Cancel Closes the wizard and cancels any changes.
Table 3. Mass Update Wizard: Review PageOn this page, you can review the changes you are going to apply to the selected contacts.
Element Description
Change area An area where you can view all the changes that you are going to apply to the processed contacts.
To proceed, you click one of the following buttons.
Finish Closes the wizard and applies the changes to the processed contacts.
Prev Goes to the previous page of the wizard.
Cancel Closes the wizard and cancels any changes.

Table

This table contains the list of all contacts. If a reusable filter has been applied, the table lists the contacts that meet the conditions of the filter.

Column Description
Included An unlabeled check box that you select to include the contact in processing if you click Process.
Contact The name of the contact, which is a link you can click to open the Contacts (CR302000) form in a pop-up window and view the details of the contact.
Title The contact's courtesy title, which is one of the following options: Dr., Miss, Mr., Mrs., Ms., or Prof.
First Name The first name of the contact.
Last Name The last name of the contact.
Job Title The job title of the contact.
Duplicate

The duplicate validation status of the contact.

This column is displayed on the form only if the Duplicate Validation feature is enabled on the Enable/Disable Features (CS100000) form.

Business Account The business account that the contact is associated with.
Account Name The business name of the contact's company.
Parent Business Account The identifier of the parent business account, if applicable.
Parent Business Account Name The business name of the parent business account, if applicable.
Active A check box that indicates (if selected) that the contact is active, which means that it appears in all Contact lookup tables, and can be selected in documents and other records.
Status

The status of the contact.

This box contains one of the following options:

  • Active: The contact is active, appears on all Contact lookup tables, and can be used in documents.
  • Inactive: The contact is inactive and cannot be specified in documents and other records.
Reason The reason the status of this contact has been changed.
Class ID The identifier of the contact class to which the contact belongs.
Source The source of the contact.
State Name The state of the contact.
Country The country of the contact.
City The city of the contact.
Postal Code The postal code of the contact.
Address Line 1 The first line of the contact's address.
Address Line 2 The second line of the contact's address.
Email The email address of the contact.
Phone 1 The primary phone number of the contact.
Phone 2 The secondary phone number of the contact.
Phone 3 Another phone number of the contact.
Fax The fax number of the contact.
Workgroup The workgroup for the contact.
Owner The owner of the contact.
Last Incoming Activity The date of the latest incoming activity that is associated with the contact.
Last Outgoing Activity The date of the latest outgoing activity that is associated with the contact.
Created On The date when the contact record was created.
Last Modified On The date when the contact record was modified most recently.