Custom module global search

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I have created custom module and now I am stuck with search options (ver 8.8.1 in my case), here are some of the issues I noticed:

  • first of all when I deploy my new custom module it will create folders but with wrong (incorrect) access rights (see next to last item, this is screenshot of my /var/www/suitecrm/public/legacy/custom/modules folder - I don’t know if this has any consequence later on, but it happens

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  • when I try to add my custom module to the global search (in admin area), my custom module is missing completely - (I am not sure why , as my old (testing) custom module is visible), I likely need to rebuild something in order to be visible but I am not sure what or where? Any ideas what to do to make it visible in global search settings?

  • according to the info from the forums (particulary @BastianHammer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1T70YWkOw once again thanks!) within my custom module folder I should have metadata folder, but this folder does not exist. Do I need to build it somehow and if yes how, I hope there is some automated process to do it?

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I don’t really know the answer, but let me try to work through this with you…

How did you start your module? Module builder?

if you try to start a new simple one with Modulebuider, does it get a proper search? If so, you can then go hunting for the metadata files etc.

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Yes, it was made in module builder.

I can try making another one; additional annoyance is that once you deploy a new module there is not an easy way to delete it from your existing install (or at least I have not found proper way to delete them).