How to link "contact" with a custom module ?

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#1

Hello there :slight_smile:
I just made my very own first custom module .
It’s working correctly.

Now I can’t find how to link any event made in this module with a contact .
There is only the choice “assigned to” with users … and nothing with contacts.

Can anyone help me ?

Greeting :slight_smile:

#2

You need to create a Relationship between the two modules in Studio.

Google it, there are some pages explaining it (remember SugarCRM up to v6.5 is very similar to SuiteCRM for these kinds of things).

#3

Hello pgf,
Thanks for your information.

I have made the follwing :

a8_suivisupport_contacts - MyCustomModule - Many to Many - Contacts

But if just display the contacts module under MyCustomModule.

Like there is the “assigned to (user)” link, I need a “linked to (contact)” , where the user will be able to link the data in MyCustomModule to any contact.

Does that sound clear ?
:slight_smile:

#4

Hello,
I found this :
https://community.sugarcrm.com/thread/24531

Now it’s ok :slight_smile:
thanks ^^

#5

When it displays the Contacts under your custom module, use the buttons in the subpanel to either

  • “Create” (create a new contact and link it to your module at the same time)
  • or “Select” (link a pre-existing contact to your module) - this is more commonly used

Doing it in a similar way to “Assign to” is more complicated to customize. It also restricts you to a one-to-many relationship.

With the subpanel it’s possible to handle a many-to-many relationship.

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