Updating Contractor's Display Name in Gmail

[Dale Courtney]

I'm running the following: 

GAMADV-XTD3 6.71.17
Python 3.12.2 64-bit final
MacOS Sonoma 14.4 arm64

We want to change the display name of all contractors:

• Current Display Name: Jane Doe
• New Display Name: Jane Doe (Contractor)

I have a CSV with contractor usernames and desired full_name. 

When I run the following: 

gam csv contractors_update.csv gam update user "~username" fullname "~full_name"

I get this warning: 

>>>fullname<<<

ERROR: Invalid argument

best,

Dale Courtney
Senior IT Manager, Lightcast

232 N. Almon St. | Moscow, ID | 83843

[Maj Marshall Giguere]

Dale;

IIRC "fullname" is a computed field made up of "givenname" + "familyname", so I don't believe it can be updated. You can, however, update the two components.

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[Ross Scroggs]

Dale,

fullname is a Google constructed field, it can't be set via an API.

Ross

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[Maj Marshall Giguere]

PS

You can also change the display name 

>gam update user us...@example.com displayName "Jane Doe (Contractor)"

I think Google will just use "fullname" if displayName isn't set.

[Dale Courtney]

Hey, Major! Using displayName worked perfectly. 

Thanks for your help. 

best,

Dale Courtney, LCDR USN (Ret.)

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