Can fields be added to the N&A Book?
There’s no problem with adding fields and views, but don’t change anything that is pre-existing. Do all your work in a template, and be very careful with the management of that template. There are two dangers: (a) losing your modified template due to inadvertant replication from a newly installed server that has a standard NAMES.NTF that is newer than your custome version, and (b) having two different templates for the NAB on different servers such that $DESIGN on each server re-inherits conflicting designs every night causing a “Design Storm” that can bring your whole network down. Do not name it NAMES.NTF, or it may be overwritten by a software upgrade. Make sure that the template name is not the default (StdNotesAddressBoook). You can either make it a replica of the original NAMES.NTF, or a copy.
There’s no problem with adding fields and views, but don’t change anything that is pre-existing. Do all your work in a template, and be very careful with the management of that template. There are two dangers: (a) losing your modified template due to inadvertant replication from a newly installed server that has a standard NAMES.NTF that is newer than your custome version, and (b) having two different templates for the NAB on different servers such that $DESIGN on each server re-inherits conflicting designs every night causing a “Design Storm” that can bring your whole network down. Do not name it NAMES.NTF, or it may be overwritten by a software upgrade. Make sure that the template name is not the default (StdNotesAddressBoook). You can either make it a replica of the original NAMES.NTF, or a copy. If it is a replica, be sure to remove the original, be sure to let it replicate to all servers, and be especially sure that any time a new Notes version is loaded that you merge any changes
