Filter by custom field

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1

I have added custom fields to some of my modules. And I want to filter data by those custom field. I can see when custom fields are added to a module they are stored in a separate table.

With the record list service I know I can pass a saved filter/search filter

criteria: {
name: ‘default’,
filters: {
contact_id: {
field: ‘contact_id’,
fieldType: ‘id’,
operator: ‘=’,
} as SearchCriteriaFieldFilter,
} as SearchCriteriaFilter,
orderBy: ‘date_due’,
sortOrder: SortDirection.DESC,
searchModule: ‘Tasks’,
},

do custom field get referenced the same way? Can I reference it the same way even though its not in the same table?

2

Yea, maybe it will allow, but I am not sure.

If you’re writing a SQL query, definitely you need to use accounts_cstm table instead of accounts table.

3

yeah I am just not sure how that translates into passing the filter object to the record service.

4

Okay, I have no idea about it.

5

Given that the current list views allow you to filter on custom fields, and those list views use the same RecordList service I would imagine you can yes, just remember that custom fields created in studio are all _c.

update: I have hunted through the code a bit and it uses a library in /legacy/include/portability/ListView to build the actual queries if you want to look a bit more in depth.

Mark

6

HI guys so the feedback was in the var defs we just didnt assign it to custom field which means it doesnt get added to a custom table but actually the main table


$dictionary['Contact']['fields']['identity_no'] = array(
    'name' => 'identity_no',
    'vname' => 'LBL_IDENTITY_NO',
    'labelValue' => 'Identity Number',
    'type' => 'varchar',
    'len' => 32,
    'isnull' => true,
    'inline_edit' => true,
    'full_text_search' => array(
        'enabled' => true,
        'searchable' => true,
    ),
);

This meants we can query it like normal.

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