New formatting for phone numbers will be released tonight (Tuesday 3/3/2020).
Beginning 3/4, all phone numbers will need to be entered with the standard 10 digit format (###) ###-####. When entering the data, users won’t have to do anything but type the numbers. VT will format it for you. This format applies to all areas in Visit Tracker where a phone number is entered including Coordinated Intake applications.
Existing phone numbers will be updated to this new format for those families that already exist in the system.
![](https://data-keeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-1024x171.png)
What about phone numbers that had extensions, contained text, or simply didn’t have 10 digits entered?
For data entered that doesn’t fit the 10 digit format, a Contact Notes section was added below Main Contact. In the screenshot below, you can see that Phone 1 did not match the 10 digit format. So that entry was removed from Phone 1 and placed in Contact Notes to preserved what was entered.
![](https://data-keeper.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image-1-1024x335.png)
Let us know if you have any questions.