Modify/Change Required Field Atribute

[masmith]

Hi.

In the Lead menu/page, the Last Name is shown as being required. Is there a way to change the required (*) attribute to a normal use. IE, can the (*) be removed from the item.

The Studio module for the Lead/Fields seems to show a checkbox for "required", but the box can't be changed.

Using, Fedora8, MysSQL4.0, Sugar5

thanks

-marl
caliventures@yahoo.com

[mikesolomon]

Hi.

In the Lead menu/page, the Last Name is shown as being required. Is there a way to change the required (*) attribute to a normal use. IE, can the (*) be removed from the item.

The Studio module for the Lead/Fields seems to show a checkbox for "required", but the box can't be changed.

Using, Fedora8, MysSQL4.0, Sugar5

thanks

-marl
caliventures@yahoo.com

you can change it in vardefs

[masmith]

umm...

thanks.. but where is vardefs!! can't find it via google!

thanks

-mark
caliventures@yahoo.com

[eggsurplus]

Quick How To: (would be good to have a way to post a reply to a wiki article. not wasting the time to do this twice)
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NOTE: Upgrade Safe
NOTE 2: Normal method of just overriding the vardefs does not work in this case because this field being required is defined at the view level and not the data level. Usually vardefs do handle this and if that were the case you'd do the following:
1. Create a file in custom\Extension\modules\Leads\Ext\Vardefs called anything you want followed by .php: caliventures.php
2. Open the file and put this code in it:

 <?php
 
$dictionary['Lead']['fields']['last_name']['required'] = 'false';
 
?>  

3. Go to Admin->Repair->Quick Repair and Rebuild, choose Leads, and leave all checked. This rebuilds the vardefs. You'll see your code in custom\modules\Leads\Ext\Vardefs\vardefs.ext.php now if successful along with the requirement being gone.

But since that doesn't work here (last_name is inherited from the person SugarObject which is not required by default) we have to do this instead:
1. Copy modules\Leads\metadata\editviewdefs.php to custom\modules\Leads\metadata\
2. Open and find this code:

       array('name'=>'last_name',
            'displayParams'=>array('required'=>true),
      ), 
  

3. Remove the displayparams line:

       array('name'=>'last_name',
      ), 
  

4. Save and go to Admin->Repair->Quick Repair and Rebuild, choose Leads, and leave all checked.


First post is free

[masmith]

Aha!!!

So I wasn't loosing my mind!!! It is/was a code change!i

I looked high/low thinking that there was a button somewhere, or a dialog someplace that I needed to select to change the basic defs/vars..


Thanks....

-mark
caliventures@yahoo.com

[trhermes]

I made an attempt at this method with the Contacts module to no avail. Where else might I look to remove the required last name field?

[veng]

Hi,
I just got with this need and solved following these steps at source code level:
Beside changes at EditView.html in order to get * requiered label style (read previous post)
1. walk into module to change (Leads) modules/Leads
2. edit field_arrays.php
3. Add into 'required_fields' => array(
"first_name"=> 1,
"last_name" => 1
) ,
4. Save field_arrays.php

I need to add requierement attribute to first name field, but you just can delete last_name from array.
Hope to be helpful

Cheers!