How to build a profile using Activity data

Question

I need a logged in user to be able to add an activity but Civi keeps telling me "Profile search, view and edit are not supported for Profiles which include fields for more than one record type." Here's what I did: 1. Created a new activity type called "CEU"(Continuing Education Unit) 2. Created a new Custom Data set called "CEU data" used for "Activities" and Type "CEU" 3. Created a new Profile with Activity Date and the 6 CEU custom fields and it is used for "Standalone Form"

Civi does not give me the "Use Profile-Create Mode" like normal. I also tried to add First Name, Last Name, and Email to the Profile but still got the same results.

Answer 1

Not out of the box, you could use CiviCRM hooks (hook_civicrm_postProcess) to create an activity on form submission.

You could also check CiviVIP they developed a WordPress plugin which does that (you will also need Gravity Forms), for the moment the plugin its only able to create contacts and activities, but they have plans for Event registration and Contributions.

Answer 2

This is a bit of a workaround, but for simple forms where I wanted to avoid CMS-specific form plugins (or where I was embedding a form into another site), I used the following combination:

• remoteform
• activityprofile

The activityprofile extension only works in combination with remoteform (it's a way to circumvent a CiviCRM limitation). If often use remoteform to embed forms within the same website, or a separate site.

Known limitation: for now, activityprofile will always create a new contact, i.e. potentially create duplicate contacts.

Answer 3

i think this can be done with Caldera and CiviCRM now