Where is the "Industry" field coming from?

[mmansperger]

Sugar CE 5.0.0b

Out of the box SugarCRM has a field "Industry" located on the Account page. It is a dropdown field and also shows in the mass update area. I want to remove it from the mass update area and I want to audit it. Since it is NOT a custom field I can't use Studio.

I have found many postings on modifying the 'massupdate' => true property to 'massupdate' => false, of the field found in the vardefs of that module.

And I find 'audited' => true will audit the field, again making these modifications in vardefs of the module in question.

However the field "Industry" is not in /Accounts/vardefs.php. I can't find it anywhere. I need to change several fields like this but I only see a few (SIC Code to name one) in /Accounts/vardefs.

Where are they hiding, and is it possible to do this?

[heta]

hi mmansperger,

in sugar 5.0.0*

sugar uses some basic format for company, person etc.

so these commanly used variables are defined @

include/SugarObjects/templates/company/vardef.php

I dont know how to make changes in variables for a specific module(for audit purpose).

as soon as i find the solution, will post here..

[kuske]

You can simply change the file include/SugarObjects/templates/company/vardefs.php like this:

'industry' => 
  array (
    'name' => 'industry',
    'vname' => 'LBL_INDUSTRY',
    'type' => 'enum',
    'options' => 'industry_dom',
//PATCH    
'massupdate' => false  ,  
//PATCH    
    'len'=>25,
    'comment' => 'The company belongs in this industry',
    'merge_filter' => 'enabled',
  ),

Then you mus call "admin"-"repair"-"Clear Vardefs Data Cache" and the mass update will disappear.

[mmansperger]

heta, Kuske,

Thanks that is where they were hiding alright! Is that modification upgrade safe?
If not is it possible to make it upgrade safe?

Regards,

Mike

[kuske]

Hey, that's cool...

create a file named /custom/Extension/modules/Accounts/Ext/Vardefs/vardefs.php and write the following lines into this file:

<?php 

$dictionary['Account']['fields']['industry']['massupdate'] = false;

?>

Then call "admin"-"repair"-"Clear Vardefs Data Cache" and the mass update will disapear and this patch will be upgrade safe (I hope, please let it be, please....)

[kuske]

and the best of all:

if you name the file /custom/Extension/modules/Accounts/Ext/Vardefs/mmansperger.php it will be really update safe.

[mmansperger]

Thanks I'll try it! It's getting scarry, I almost know what I am doing!!!