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hello, I am curious if anyone knows a way to globally configure/edit the civi system so that one can have the home email be primary so long as there is one, otherwise it would just default to the work email (everyone has one of these). Have tried everything, including batch update via profile to copy the work into a primary email field for those who only have that and so far nothing works. any help is much appreciated. H

It's not clear to me if you're trying to make a one-time adjustment, or to automatically enforce this rule on all records moving forward.

For the first situation, you can write a short script that calls the API to set the primary e-mail correctly, or you can cheat and update the MySQL database directly (make a backup!).

For the second situation, you'll need to write a hook, though it should be relatively easy to create.  Check out hook_civicrm_post: http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC42/hook_civicrm_post

Jon