Derived Names Enabled Registry entry

Specify whether derived names are generated using EMu's default method or the Standards module's name generation record definitions.

EMu 10 introduced a new version of the Parties module with additional and changed tabs and functionality. Amongst the changes is a Derived Names group of fields on the Persons tab:

Person tab

The Derived Names group of fields contains nine settings for deriving names:

Field

 Description

Automatic

Drop list with two values:

All

When selected, all the checkboxes are set to Yes and are read-only:

Individual

When selected, the checkboxes can be set individually:

 

If a checkbox is:

Checkbox

Result

Ticked

The associated Derived Names field is read-only and the value is derived (on record save) using either EMu's default method or the Standards module's name generation record definitions.

Which method is used depends on the Derived Names Enabled Registry entry.

Unticked

A value can be entered manually in the field.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users, groups and system-wide:

Key User Group System
Key 1 User Group System
Key 2 user group Setting
Key 3 Setting Table
Key 4 Table eparties
Key 5 eparties Derived Names Enabled
Key 6

Derived Names Enabled

 
Value enabled
User user Setting Table eparties Derived Names Enabled enabled
Group group Setting Table eparties Derived Names Enabled enabled
System Setting Table eparties

Derived Names Enabled

enabled

where:

enabled

is:

  • true: derive names using derived name record definitions in the Standards module.

    -OR-

  • false: derive names using existing EMu's default name generation method.

Example

This entry specifies that the derived names are generated using the definitions in the Standards module:

Key Setting
Key 1 System
Key 2 Setting
Key 3 Table
Key 4 eparties
Key 5 Derived Names Enabled
Value true

Here we see an example of a Standards module derived name record definition for Salutation:

Dervied Name

Note: A derived name is generated when a record is saved, not when it is being inserted or edited.