The “Contact” module is (natively?) linked to the “Account” module. This means that when I create a new Contact, I can select an Account name (auto-select) in the form and link this new Contact to an Account.
This works perfectly so far. I can also extend the Contact list view with this link (account_name).
Now I would like to extend this “Contacts” list view with another field (account_current_status), which I created via “Studios” in the “Account” module. But I just don’t get it to work with Studios.
Am I too stupid, or is this something that “SuiteCRM” cannot do? How could I solve this with code? It seems so simple, as the link to the Account data already exists.
In version 7 this is fairly straightforward. You create a “non db” field and then populate it with function.
Here’s an example (I think it comes from the documentation). You setup your vardefs like shown and then you can calculate anything you want inside your function, even like pulling fields from related records.