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I have a Drupal View that I'm using to display in a directory a list of individuals that are employed by a group of organizations. I saw no way to filter a View based on employer names so I created a select list whereas I simply added as select options the organizations whose employees I wanted to display.

At first I created this list to be used for 'All Contact Types' and it worked fine. I built a Drupal webform so people could edit there own information and that's when I found that the fields did not autopopulate with the current information. I assumed this was because the fields were user for all contact types and not for only individuals. I built a new custom data set that is used only for individuals and tried that. The Drupal webform would then show current information when the user logged in.

I then realized that I could no longer filter the View with the new fields. When I used the old fields that were allowed for all contacts the filtering worked and I had individuals show in my directory, however, when I switched to the newly created fields that were limited to individuals I has no contact show in my directory.

I've also run a preview within the View itself and only get results when using the custom field built for contacts. When using the one built for individuals I get no results. Any thoughts? The query is:

SELECT DISTINCT civicrm_contact.id AS id, civicrm_contact.contact_type AS civicrm_contact_contact_type, civicrm_contact.display_name AS civicrm_contact_display_name, civicrm_contact.organization_name AS civicrm_contact_organization_name, civicrm_contact.job_title AS civicrm_contact_job_title, civicrm_email.email AS civicrm_email_email, civicrm_phone.phone AS civicrm_phone_phone, civicrm_contact.sort_name AS civicrm_contact_sort_name FROM {civicrm_contact} civicrm_contact LEFT JOIN {civicrm_value_testing_for_directory_25} civicrm_value_testing_for_directory_25 ON civicrm_contact.id = civicrm_value_testing_for_directory_25.entity_id LEFT JOIN {civicrm_email} civicrm_email ON civicrm_contact.id = civicrm_email.contact_id AND (civicrm_email.location_type_id = '2' AND civicrm_email.is_primary = '1') LEFT JOIN {civicrm_phone} civicrm_phone ON civicrm_contact.id = civicrm_phone.contact_id AND (civicrm_phone.location_type_id = '2' AND civicrm_phone.is_primary = '1') WHERE (( (civicrm_value_testing_for_directory_25.nhp_org_191 LIKE '%a%' OR civicrm_value_testing_for_directory_25.nhp_org_191 LIKE '%b%' ) )) ORDER BY civicrm_contact_sort_name ASC LIMIT 20 OFFSET 0

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    Have you updated your settings.php file since creating the new custom fields?
    – pmoz
    Jun 16, 2015 at 19:00
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    The settings.php factor is only required if you have civi tables and drupal tables in different DBs
    – petednz - fuzion ♦
    Jun 16, 2015 at 20:19
  • I do have them in different databases and the settings.php file was updated long ago to reflect that. I can add other fields to the View and it works fine. Do you need to update the settings.php file every time you add custom fields? I've only modified it once.
    – spinsheet
    Jun 17, 2015 at 12:01
  • I just noticed that, yes, I need to go back in and edit the settings.php file when I add custom fields. I added the fields and it's now working. Thanks!
    – spinsheet
    Jun 17, 2015 at 12:30

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Drupal Views need to know about table updates when they are using separate databases. When you add a custom field, civicrm creates a new table. To expose the new entity, you must edit the settings.php file with the new field. You can just copy/paste from here: https://example.org/civicrm/admin/setting/uf?reset=1 . Ref: https://docs.civicrm.org/sysadmin/en/latest/integration/drupal/views/

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  • Would you care to edit your answer to reflect fact that the settings.php factor is only required if you have civi tables and drupal tables in different DBs
    – petednz - fuzion ♦
    Jul 10, 2015 at 2:20
  • I don't think this is always the case. You only need to edit the settings.php file when a new custom field set is created, not for every new custom field. CivicRM only creates a new table for each custom field set, not for each custom field.
    – Graham
    Nov 10, 2016 at 11:39

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