Answers.Body: <p>Looks like your greetings/display name format has changed at some point in time.</p>
  
  <p>You can run the "Update Greetings" job to force a refresh, I would create a copy of the job and set the relevant force flags so that its not constantly refreshing.</p>
  
  <p>You can get to the Schduled Jobs page from the Admin -> System settings menu.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thank you for the hint. 
  
  I manually executed all 3 scripts separately for email_greeting, postal_greeting and addressee with Success. However, in Search box (top left) and in Constituent Report the contacts are still in mixed formats.
  
  Is it possible (as I see in Constituent Report Developer tab) these values are **contact_civireport.sort_name** as **civicrm_contact_sort_name**.
  
  Is there something I can do with those?
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Answers.Body: <p>I tested this solution and it worked:
  <a href="https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/872/is-there-a-way-to-regenerate-the-display-and-sort-names">Is there a way to regenerate the display and sort names?</a></p>
  
  <p>Basically it requires exporting and re-importing Contact Names and Contact ID. The display and sort names are regenerated automatically.</p>
  
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Body: <p>On <strong>Constituent Summary page</strong> in <strong>Contact name</strong> column I see contacts listed in two different formats.</p>
  
  <p>1) Last, Name</p>
  
  <p>2) Name Last</p>
  
  <p>Also, in search boxes, CiviCRM provides suggestions in these two formats.</p>
  
  <p>How can I get all contacts displayed the same way (e.g. First Last)?</p>
  
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Title: Some contacts are shown as LAST, FIRST; some as FIRST, LAST
ThreadText: # Some contacts are shown as LAST, FIRST; some as FIRST, LAST
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-09)
  
  On **Constituent Summary page** in **Contact name** column I see contacts listed in two different formats.
  
  1) Last, Name
  
  2) Name Last
  
  Also, in search boxes, CiviCRM provides suggestions in these two formats.
  
  How can I get all contacts displayed the same way (e.g. First Last)?
  
  **Tags:** contacts
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Related question: http://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/872/is-there-a-way-to-regenerate-the-display-and-sort-names  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-08-09. Score: 2
  
  Looks like your greetings/display name format has changed at some point in time.
  
  You can run the "Update Greetings" job to force a refresh, I would create a copy of the job and set the relevant force flags so that its not constantly refreshing.
  
  You can get to the Schduled Jobs page from the Admin -> System settings menu.
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/OEcFZ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/OEcFZ.png)
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thank you for the hint.   I manually executed all 3 scripts separately for email_greeting, postal_greeting and addressee with Success. However, in Search box (top left) and in Constituent Report the contacts are still in mixed formats.  Is it possible (as I see in Constituent Report Developer tab) these values are **contact_civireport.sort_name** as **civicrm_contact_sort_name**.  Is there something I can do with those?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-08-10. Score: 0
  
  I tested this solution and it worked:
  [Is there a way to regenerate the display and sort names?](https://civicrm.stackexchange.com/questions/872/is-there-a-way-to-regenerate-the-display-and-sort-names)
  
  Basically it requires exporting and re-importing Contact Names and Contact ID. The display and sort names are regenerated automatically.
  
  
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