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

[Prasad]

Angelo,

I hope you updated your comments with the wishlist and the use-case here
<https://code.vtiger.com/vtiger/vtigercrm/issues/1633>.
So we don't miss it later while reviewing.

Regards,
Prasad

On Fri, Jul 23, 2021 at 7:44 PM Angelo Paglialonga <
info at angelopaglialonga.com> wrote:

> Hi Prasad, It would be wonderful to have a “system” user allowed to do
> changes on read only fields
>
> it happened to me many times to have fields used to just display
> calculated values.
>
> Problem is that using display type 2 for those fields doesn’t allow
> modification using vtlib or vtwsclib
> so we can only do direct database queries, but this way change events
> don’t fire up.
>
> What can we do about it?
>
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> Il giorno 23 lug 2021, alle ore 15:55, Prasad <prasad at vtiger.com> ha
> scritto:
>
> 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!
>>>>>
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