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First name | Preferred Name | Last Name | Correct? |
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Robert | Bob | Smith | Yes! |
Robert |
| Robert | No. ❌ In the ‘preferred name' field, please enter just the name by which the person wants to be called, like ‘Bob’. |
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If you inadvertently create a resource with the wrong name or wrong spelling, initiate correct that mistake by initiating the name change processto get it fixed. Once . It may seem that entering a new record is the fast way around such a mistake but that will cause problems because once a resource has been created, the identifiers for that person are integrated throughout our systems and cannot be deleted anymore. The only way to fix the mistake is to do a name change on the records. Creating a second record results in a second set of identifiers. |
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