from __future__ import unicode_literals import frappe def execute(): frappe.reload_doc("community", "doctype", "community_member") docs = frappe.get_all("Community Member") for doc in docs: member = frappe.get_doc("Community Member", doc.name) if not member.abbr: abbr = ("").join([ s[0] for s in member.full_name.split() ]) frappe.db.set_value("Community Member", member.name, "abbr", abbr)