How can I change a Customers or Suppliers Name?

How can I change a Customers or Suppliers Name?

You can amend many key fields in Ostendo.  This is especially useful where your Customer or Supplier has changed their name.  To reflect that name change in Ostendo go to File>System Configuration>Global Name Change and select the specific field that you want to change.  Select the ‘Old’ Name and enter the new Name.  Click on the button to ‘Apply change to Entire Database’

 

NOTE: 

 

1.  You should be aware that this action should only be done when you are the sole User signed onto Ostendo. 

 

2.  A second point to note is that this routine temporarily disables primary checks to allow the change to take place.  Therefore you must not abort this process part way through as this result in the primary checks not being re-enabled.

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