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

nilay khatri nilay.spartan at gmail.com
Fri Jul 23 13:39:42 GMT 2021


Have put a basic scenario which is commonly requested in the Issue/Tracker.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 6:25 PM Prasad <prasad at vtiger.com> wrote:

> Hey Matus,
>
> Good to hear from you.
>
> My understanding could be limited - so I wanted more input from everyone
> here
> who have seen business needs more handson and deeper.
>
> I would be happy to collate the points on this tracker
> <https://code.vtiger.com/vtiger/vtigercrm/issues/1633>.
>
> Regards,
> Prasad
>
> On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 6:17 PM Matus Sopko <sopko at its4you.sk> wrote:
>
>> Sorry Prasad, but you never has this needs ?
>>
>> Field A
>> Field B
>> Field C = A+B
>>
>> We want to have Field C like createdtime, modfiedtime. It's calculated
>> with WF, after save,.... and we don't need display this field C in
>> create/editview. We need calculate it and show in detailview.
>>
>>
>> S pozdravom / Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen
>> Ing. Matus SOPKO
>> IT-Solutions4You s.r.o.
>>
>> Dňa 23. 7. 2021 o 14:32 Prasad napísal(a):
>>
>> 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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