[Vtigercrm-developers] Readonly fields changes are not tracked neither supports workflows

[Prasad]

Please provide some use-cases so its easy to understand the need.

On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 8:01 PM nilay khatri <nilay.spartan at gmail.com> wrote:

> If we add a readonly field, we can not update its value using API, we need
> to do a direct database query. And hence updates are not tracked neither
> workflows can be set.
>
> Ideally one would expect the readonly fields to be available in workflows
> and that we can update its value via API, such as in an event handler to
> keep a count of Opportunities in Contacts.
>
> If we had support from workflows, it would be so easy, but currently we
> need to implement code for that. Also for what has to happen next, such as
> if count is greater than a certain number!
>
> Correct me if I am wrong.
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