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Hi everyone, we want to thank you all for your meaningful feedback and detail of the uses you each have for enabling duplicate names for contacts.
Right now, the contact name field is the key identifier that interacts with many other Xero features, and as such, changing how this field functions is not a small feat.
As noted by others in the comments, some users have found adding unique characters or using the account number in the contact name useful.
At this time we don’t have plans for developing the ability to have duplicate names of a contact in Xero. However, the work happening around core features might open the door for improvements like this down the line.
For now, we'll keep a close watch on the support this idea continues to build, and we’ll make sure to share updates if anything changes.
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Sushil Bansal
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xero database schema was created by someone with no brain at all. It is a common sense to use fields like email id or account id to be unique and not the name. Worst thing is Xero does not allow to search contacts by name or by email but only by contact number. Absolutely ridiculous; never seen such a piece of ****.
Sushil Bansal
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xero database schema was created by someone with no brain at all. It is a common sense to use fields like email id or account id to be unique and not the name. Worst thing is Xero does not allow to search contacts by name or by email; xero allows contacts to be searched by contact number. Absolutely ridiculous; never seen such a piece of ****.