Follow the steps to remove the hyphen (-) automatically from the Opportunities Name upon Lead conversion.
Example: LEAD NAME (THE COMPANY INC) CONVERTED TO OPPORTUNITY (THE COMPANY INC- )
This is standard Salesforce functionality. By default, Salesforce allows Users to add the name which starts with Account Name -. So they can edit that name and use some other name. Generally, people use Account Name-Opportunity Name.
This can be accomplished by using a workflow rule, with field updates based on a formula that checks for hyphen:
Use Rule:
IF
(
CONTAINS(Name,'-'),true,false
)
SUBSTITUTE( Name , '-', '')
See alsoCreate a Workflow Rule
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