Conditions: Ability to copy the first name & last name separately into specific fields

  • fortedy
    Asked on January 29, 2019 at 9:36 PM

    I am trying to get the First Name & Last Name from the Name field to copy to new hidden fields called First Name and Last Name.


    How do I do that?



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  • Ashwin JotForm Support
    Replied on January 30, 2019 at 12:23 AM

    Please note that you can add insert / Update / Calculated field condition in form to copy a filed of one full name to another field. Please check the screenshot below:

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    Hope this helps.

    Do get back to us if you have any questions.

  • fortedy
    Replied on January 30, 2019 at 5:19 PM

    Yes I'm well aware of the facility to move data from one field to another. BUT how do you take the FIRST NAME from the NAME field to put it in a separate field called First Name?

  • Elton Support Team Lead
    Replied on January 30, 2019 at 8:37 PM

    I'm afraid there's no workaround to achieve that.

    Mind me asking why do you want to separate the first name and last name?

    If you want to separate them on email, you can use first and last tag to separate them.

    Example: If your full name field variable is {fullName4},

    to separate the first name on email use {fullName4:first}

    to separate the last name, use {fullName4:last}

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  • Elton Support Team Lead
    Replied on January 30, 2019 at 8:49 PM

    I have also escalated this to our developers as a feature to see if there's anything can be done to turn this into a feature most preferably in the conditions where you can easily copy first and last name separately.

  • fortedy
    Replied on January 30, 2019 at 10:47 PM

    Yes I can't separate NAME to First Name and Last Name to integrate with Zapier to get the form to speak to Shopify.

  • Ashwin JotForm Support
    Replied on January 30, 2019 at 11:55 PM

    We have already forwarded a feature request ticket to our backend team. Though we cannot provide an ETA on this but we will get back to you as soon as we have any update.

  • fortedy
    Replied on January 31, 2019 at 3:08 PM

    I have made 2 fields, First Name & Last Name can I put them into the NAME field. I have an integration to MailChimp which only accepts NAME so you can see my frustration.

  • fortedy
    Replied on January 31, 2019 at 3:27 PM

    I tried using a calculation of First Name + Space + Last Name to insert into NAME but it doesn't seem to work - please help

  • Nick_So
    Replied on January 31, 2019 at 3:56 PM

    I have tried to add both First Name and Last Name to a single field "Full Name". I have used 3 Short Text Entry Form Elements and set condition as below:

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    I have also created a small form for reference that has these 3 fields.

    Hope this helps.

  • fortedy
    Replied on January 31, 2019 at 7:36 PM

    I'll try this however the MailChimp integration doesn't seem to work very well without a NAME field - let me have a look
  • Elton Support Team Lead
    Replied on January 31, 2019 at 8:52 PM

    @fortedy

    We will address the MailChimp question to a separate thread here https://www.jotform.com/answers/1719709