Update addressee values for all contacts after modifying Addressee Type Options

Question

I have updated the tokens in my Addressee Type Options (at Administer > Communications > Addressee Formats), and now CiviCRM is now generating my desired addressee values each time I save contacts.

This is great, going forward.

But how can I update the addressee values for all the contacts in my database, without having to go edit/save them all one-by-one?

Answer 1

Use the update_greeting scheduled job.

1. Go to Administer > System Settings > Scheduled Jobs

2. Click Add New Scheduled Job, and enter the following values.

   • "Name": "Force Update Addressee Values"
   • "Description": (blank)
   • "Run frequency": "Every time cron job is run"
   • "API call": select "Job", and enter "update_greeting" in the text field

   • "Command parameters":

     ct=Individual,Household,Organization
     gt=addressee
     force=1
     

   • "Scheduled Run Date": (blank)

   • Uncheck "Is this Scheduled Job active?"

     (This is important because you don't want your scheduled job to run automatically.)

3. Click Save.

4. Find your scheduled job in the list of all jobs, and click More > Execute Now

5. Find your scheduled job in the list of all jobs, and click View Job Log. Verify that you see "Success" in the log. Troubleshoot any errors.