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It's awesome that I can reconfigure the display name format using standard contact fields.  However, we would like to be able to add a custom field, also.  We have a custom field called "Designation" (custom_154) that we want to append at the end of the display name.

I can't figure out if this is possible.  It's pretty important as the group I am working with consists of doctors, many of which have multiple designations.  We're just giving them a field to fill in whatever designations they have and then use it as part of the display name.

Is this possible?

I will also add that a "designation" field would be a nice addition to future versions of the application so someone can be Dr. Clyde Smith, III, MD

Thanks

I thought about this, but there are a LOT of possible combinations and the suffix field uses a reference. It's not just a text field that I can put stuff into.  I wish it was and I wouldn't have this problem.  I also though about repurposing the nickname field, but they use that also.

I know there's a good chance I'll have to modify some code, and that's fine, but if there's a more elegant way to do this, I would like to know of it.

Dave,

Thanks for the input.  You clarified the issue well enough for me for now.  Hooks or triggers are probably where we're heading for now.  Will be great when the ability to do this is build in.  Seems like it's so close.

Cheers,

I was asked to do this exact thing for a client.  I ending up trying hooks for tokens, didn't work.  The final solution was just to modify the core.  Before doing this make sure you backup each file.

Here is this fix for version 4.3.7 drupal 7.x

Add a new field to the civicrm_contact table named credential_name varchar 255

go to your module folder
Download file the following files 
sites/modules/all/civicrm/crm/contact/DAO/contact.php

add the following code to the page
line 146 public $credential_name;
line 964 'credential_name' => array(
          'name' => 'credential_name',
          'type' => CRM_Utils_Type::T_STRING,
          'title' => ts('Credential') ,
          'maxlength' => 255,
          'size' => CRM_Utils_Type::BIG,
          'import' => true,
          'where' => 'civicrm_contact.credential_name',
          'headerPattern' => '/^credential|(c(redential\s)?name)$/i',
          'dataPattern' => '',
          'export' => true,
        ),

sites/modules/all/civicrm/templates/contact/form/inline/ContactName.tpl

Add code where you want field displayed
 <div class="crm-inline-edit-field">
      {$form.credential_name.label}<br />
      {$form.credential_name.html}
    </div>

sites/modules/all/civicrm/crm/contact/form/edit/individual.php
add the following code to the page
line 80 $form->addElement('text', 'credential_name', ts('Credentials'), $attributes['credential_name']);

sites/modules/all/civicrm/crm/utils/address.php
add the following code to the page
line 110 'contact.credential_name' => CRM_Utils_Array::value('credential_name', $fields),

Then log back into your site and go to your administrator > Custom data and Screens > display preferences
and set your individual name format to the following
{contact.individual_prefix}{ }{contact.first_name}{ }{contact.last_name}{ }{contact.credential_name}


Search for an individual and edit the display name add credentials and they will now show up for the display name
I also altered the display_name field in civicrm_contacts table to be varchar 255

Hope this of use to some people.