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

[Prasad]

ok - thanks.

Hope to see more comments from others too.

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 7:12 PM nilay khatri <nilay.spartan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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