[Vtigercrm-developers] Dynamically update "$tab_name" & "$tab_name_index"?

[Alan Lord]

On 23/09/15 13:09, Alan Lord wrote:
> I'm thinking about ways to add a field to any entity module which
> displays a value from the libertus_geotools geocoder database...

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> Is there another way I could achieve this? I want the Administrator to
> be able to add or remove this field on any of their modules as they
> wish. I want them to be able to use this value to be able to find
> records that are either geocoded, or not, using any of their existing,
> or newly created filters.
>
> I _know_ I could do this by adding a new field and column to the module
> itself and then keep the value updated using an Event Handler or
> something but I was just wondering if I could this a bit more efficiently?

Mostly To: vtiger developers

Would there be any particular problem/reticence with a custom module 
adding column to the vtiger_crmentity table...?

I'm thinking I could add a bool to the crmentity table to indicate if a 
record is geocoded or not. And all entity modules already join to this 
table.

So if the Administrator wants to add a field to his Leads module, for 
example we have a button in the settings area where he can do this. And 
it then points to the vtiger_crmentity.lsisgeocoded column, a bit like 
the way the snownerid or creatorid works now.

Al