Making required filed not required?

[miavfw]

I would like to change some of the required field (amount, estimated closed date) to non-required in the opportunities module. This makes sense for my application as I my opportunities have neither amounts nor estimated close dates and I don't use the reports.

I found the following thread from my research on the forum http://www.sugarcrm.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7160

Do I edited the modules/Opportunities//fields_array.php and replaced the line:

required_fields' => Array('name'=>1, 'date_closed'=>2, 'amount'=>3, 'sales_stage'=>4, 'account_name'=>5),

by

'required_fields' => Array('name'=>1, 'sales_stage'=>2, 'account_name'=>3),

I still get errors ("Missing required field: Expected Close Date" and "Missing required field: Amount") when I try to create an opportunity without either of these fields?

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Denis

[dpatech]

It looks like you have to make this change in modules/Opportunities/metadata/editviewdefs.php (or possibly in custom/modules/Opportunities/metadata/editviewdefs.php).

Change:

     array (
      'account_name',
      array( 'name'=>'amount','displayParams'=>array('required'=>true)),
    ),
    
    array (
      'opportunity_type',
      array('name'=>'date_closed', 'displayParams'=>array('required'=>true)),
    ), 
  

to this - which removes the "required" attribute for the two fields in question.

     array (
      'account_name', 'amount',
    ),
    
    array (
      'opportunity_type', 'date_closed',
    ), 
  

[miavfw]

Sorry for the late reply, but I forgot to subscribe to the thread so I didn't notice the answer.

I looked at the modules/Opportunities/metadata/editviewdefs.php file, but there is no field listed that remotely resemble either "amount" or "estimated closed date". The file I was referring to in my original posting was modules/Opportunities/field_arrays.php per some other thread on this forum.

Any suggestions?

[andopes]

Hi, miavfw

Does not it works??

  array (
      'amount',
      array( 'name'=>'amount','displayParams'=>array('required'=>false)),
    ), 
  

Cheers

[SugarDev.net]

It's not the displayParams I think, it's the vardefs.php you have to override...

-> required = false

[miavfw]

So far no luck... here is what I have changed:

in modules/Opportunities/field_arrays.php

Replaced:

'required_fields' => Array('name'=>1, 'date_closed'=>2, 'amount'=>3, 'sales_stage'=>4, 'account_name'=>5),

by

'required_fields' => Array('name'=>1, 'sales_stage'=>4, 'account_name'=>5),

in modules/Opportunities/metadata/editviewdefs.php

Replaced:

array (
'account_name',
array( 'name'=>'amount','displayParams'=>array('required' =>true)),
),

array (
'opportunity_type',
array('name'=>'date_closed', 'displayParams'=>array('required'=>true)),
),

by

array (
'account_name',
array( 'name'=>'amount','displayParams'=>array('required' =>false)),
),

array (
'opportunity_type',
array('name'=>'date_closed', 'displayParams'=>array('required'=>false)),
),

and in modules/Opportunities/vardefs.php

Replaced:

'amount_usdollar' =>
array (
'name' => 'amount_usdollar',
'vname' => 'LBL_AMOUNT_USDOLLAR',
'type' => 'currency',
'group'=>'amount',
'dbType' => 'double',
'disable_num_format' => true,
'audited'=>true,
'comment' => 'Formatted amount of the opportunity'
),
...
'date_closed' =>
array (
'name' => 'date_closed',
'vname' => 'LBL_DATE_CLOSED',
'type' => 'date',
'audited'=>true,
'comment' => 'Expected or actual date the oppportunity will close'
),

by:

'amount_usdollar' =>
array (
'name' => 'amount_usdollar',
'vname' => 'LBL_AMOUNT_USDOLLAR',
'type' => 'currency',
'group'=>'amount',
'dbType' => 'double',
'disable_num_format' => true,
'audited'=>true,
'comment' => 'Formatted amount of the opportunity'
'required' => false,
),
...
'date_closed' =>
array (
'name' => 'date_closed',
'vname' => 'LBL_DATE_CLOSED',
'type' => 'date',
'audited'=>true,
'comment' => 'Expected or actual date the oppportunity will close'
'required' => false,
),

Still not working though!

[kuske]

Which version do you use?

[miavfw]

Which version do you use?

I am running 5.0.0a

[kuske]

Did you call the "admin" - "repair" - "Clear Vardefs Data Cache" function after your changes?
Only by ths function you will regenerate the JavaScript files for the panel layouts.