How to add Custom Module Dashlet

[robert.blasingame]

We are running Sugar 5.0c and have created a custom module. We would like to build dashlets on this custom module but it is not showing up. I am sure there is some customization that must be done to the code but not sure where. Any ideas?

Thanks.

[kuske]

did you call "admin" - "repair" - "Rebuild dashlets" ?

[robert.blasingame]

Yes, I did. It appears that there is a specified list of available dashlets somewhere that is not populated with custom modules. Not quite sure where that would be.

[RolandW.]

I have the same issue,... how can i create a dashlet using a custom module. rebuilding the dashlet cache didn´t work for me either. Is there a possiblity to show open tickets created with a custum module?

thx,
roland

[kuske]

Where - in which directory - did you place your dashlets?

[kuske]

IN http://www.sugarcrm.com/forums/showthread.php?t=32695 I just decribed how to create an own chart dashlet in version 5.0.0c, perhaps this will help.

[RolandW.]

Thank you for the answer kuske, but it seems as if my problem still remains, because your how-to covers chart-desklets.

I´ve created a trouble-ticket-module. Open tickets will be assigned to different users. The goal is to create a dashlet which presents all open tickets, that are assigned to a specific user/group on the user´s "home"-page when he logs in.

Is there a solution for this task?

Thanx and greetinx.
Roland

[lynn1804]

If your module is similar to the cases module you can use its dashlet as a starting ground for your custom dashlet.

Open %sugarroot%/modules/Cases and copy the "Dashlets" directory
Paste this folder into the root of your custom module.

You will then need to open up all of the files within this directory and replalce "MyCasesDashlet" with 'MyCustomNameDashlet'
and replace any cases.php and bean references with the bean of your custom module.

You then need to open MyCustomNameDashlet.data.php and modify the fields to match your custom fields.

Once you have done all this you will need to rebuild your dashlets using the tool in the admin control panel.


(This is a rough guide and you will need to work some of it out yourself)