Prepopulate Name text field in subpanel

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#1

Hello,
i have one moduleA related to moduleB so moduleB is also present in subpanel.

I would like during quickCreate a way to autocomplete name field with parent module name appendinh after something like -001

so for example one record in moduleA could be PO0001 then every records in subpanel could be autofilled like so:
PO0001-001
PO0001-002
PO0001-003
abd so on…

any hint to achieve it?
extending viewedit?
fieldsto namearray?
or what?

Thank you

#2

Copy the file /suitecrm/modules/your_module/your_module.php to /suitecrm/custom/modules/your_module/

Edit it and add the next code

function fill_in_additional_detail_fields()
{
	parent::fill_in_additional_detail_fields();
	if (@$_REQUEST['target_action'] == "QuickCreate")
	{
		$opp_id = @$_REQUEST['opportunity_id'];
		if ($opp_id != "")
		{
			$opp = new Opportunity();
			$opp->retrieve($opp_id);
			$this->accounts_custom_module_1_name        = $opp->account_name; //the account name gets copied
			$this->accounts_custom_module_1accounts_ida = $opp->account_id; //the account id gets copied
			$this->users_custom_module_1_name           = $opp->assigned_user_name; //the user name gets copied
			$this->users_custom_module_1users_ida       = $opp->assigned_user_id; //the user id get copied
		}
	}
}

in this example I’m passing the Account and Assigned user to my related custom module from Opportunities module, give it a try and let me know

remember to repair and rebuild after and always test it in a test environment

best regards

#3

mmm…its sounds cool…but not clear this part:

$opp_id = @$_REQUEST[‘opportunity_id’];

What is this [opportunity_id]?

Which database field or vardef is? i need to change it based on my custom module…but also based on my opportunities module i cannot find anything related

Can u explain me well this part?

Thank you

#4

With your browser make an inspect element or view source code, depending on your browser, and check the id’s of the fields in your parent and child module

Best regards

#5

just to clarify
Parent Module = DBGIT_Items
Subpanel = DBGIT_AirfreightLoads

Based on your explanation this could me my code:

function fill_in_additional_detail_fields()
{
parent::fill_in_additional_detail_fields();
if (@$_REQUEST[‘target_action’] == “QuickCreate”)
{
$item_id = $_REQUEST[‘id’];
if ($item_id != “”)
{
$item = new DBGIT_AirFreightLoads();
$item->retrieve($item_id);
$this->name = “TEST”;
}
}
}

This should be the problem:
$item_id = $_REQUEST[‘id’];
if ($item_id != “”)
it never cheks because if i commented out this it works…

i just need to understand better how to map and retrieve my intended field

Thanks

#6

maybe i’ve found…
i could use:
$item_id = $_REQUEST[‘parent_id’];

is it correct?

Thank you for pointing me on the right direction

Thanks

#7

done:

function fill_in_additional_detail_fields()
{
parent::fill_in_additional_detail_fields();
if (@$_REQUEST[‘target_action’] == “QuickCreate”)
{
$item_id = $_REQUEST[‘parent_name’];
if ($item_id != “”)
{
$item = new DBGIT_AirFreightLoads();
$item->retrieve($item_id);
$this->name = $item_id;
}
}
}

Thanks

#8

What about use the same way to assigned the same user_id from the parent to teh related one?

Is there any better way to do that?

Thanks