Answers.Body: <p>By default, CiviCRM requires at least one of email, first name, or last name. You can change this at Contacts > Find and Merge Duplicate Contacts, creating a new rule and setting it for usage when unsupervised, or, more appropriately, by selecting it as the Dedupe Rule when importing at Contacts > Import Contacts. Beware of setting the rule to identify duplicates too loosely, as you will end up with lots of duplicates in your database. This is a complicated, tricky area...good luck. </p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the time, Joe. But you seem to be talking about importing contacts, while I'm importing contributions.
  
  Nevertheless, I'll see if I can find an analog in the import contributions system.
  
  Best wishes,
  Lal
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Body: <p>Previously I could import contributions without name (contact ID was enough).</p>
  
  <p>I no longer have this option. It now demands first and last names.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a workaround? My raw data often has variations of the name and I want to keep my original.</p>
  
  <p>Lal </p>
  
Tags: <civicontribute><import><fields>
Title: Import contributions without name
ThreadText: # Import contributions without name
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-03)
  
  Previously I could import contributions without name (contact ID was enough).
  
  I no longer have this option. It now demands first and last names.
  
  Is there a workaround? My raw data often has variations of the name and I want to keep my original.
  
  Lal
  
  **Tags:** civicontribute, import, fields
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-03. Score: 2
  
  By default, CiviCRM requires at least one of email, first name, or last name. You can change this at Contacts > Find and Merge Duplicate Contacts, creating a new rule and setting it for usage when unsupervised, or, more appropriately, by selecting it as the Dedupe Rule when importing at Contacts > Import Contacts. Beware of setting the rule to identify duplicates too loosely, as you will end up with lots of duplicates in your database. This is a complicated, tricky area...good luck.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the time, Joe. But you seem to be talking about importing contacts, while I'm importing contributions.  Nevertheless, I'll see if I can find an analog in the import contributions system.  Best wishes, Lal  
  
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