Changing subtype with a command-prompt utility

Changing the contact subtype is available through a command-prompt utility available in ContactManager and in ClaimCenter:

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                  -user user-name
                  -password user-password 
                  -changesubtypetargettype subtype 
                  -changesubtypepublicid publicID

Note: Do not copy this command and paste it directly into the command line. You must first get rid of the linefeed characters that were inserted in this example for legibility.

You run this command from a command prompt open in the admin/bin folder of the installed product.

This command takes the following parameters:

user-name: User name of a user who has the role Contact Subtype Changer. This role includes the permissions required to run this command, changecontactsubtype and soapadmin. If you do not specify the -user parameter, the command defaults to Super User and requires that user’s password.
user-password: Password for the user specified in the -user parameter, or for the Super User if there is no user specified.
subtype: New Contact or ABContact subtype for the contact, depending on whether you are running the command in ClaimCenter or ContactManager.
publicID: Value of the PublicID property of the contact. The value of PublicID is not necessarily the same for a contact stored in ContactManager and the equivalent contact instance or instances stored in ClaimCenter. Additionally, the value of PublicID is not necessarily the same as that of the LinkID in ContactManager or the AddressBookUID in ClaimCenter.