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Communication Styles
How to define "informal" or "formal" communication style?
That is, how to link the informal (1) email and (2) postal greetings, and (3) address layout to the informal style, idem for the formal style....
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CiviEvent: Limitations for workshop as part of a conference
I created an event for a conference. The conference consists of a gernal part for every participant AND of workshops/panels with limited number of participants (each workshop/panel with its own ...
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Warning: htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in .../civicrm/packages/HTML/Common.php on line 144
Has anyone else seen the above error under Joomla and CiviCRM 5.11.0 when running the Event Report: Attendee List? I've done a bit of troubleshooting and it appears it seems when a custom form value ...
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Implementing tokens and tokenValues hooks for Event custom field
I'm trying to implement a hook for inserting Event custom fields into Scheduled reminders; however, I'm not a developer so I'm really not sure what the code needs to look like. The custom field is ...
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Fix for column names breaking the 64-character limit
I'm trying to generate a report using custom fields and I am getting
nativecode=1166 ** Incorrect column name
This happens when the report is trying to generate temp tables using an alias as the ...
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What options does CiviCRM provide for equipment management?
I am just starting to configure a CiviCRM implementation for my organization. As well as managing membership, we would also like to use it to manage equipment (boats being the top priority).
Option ...
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Modifying advanced search query based on custom fields
I have got a multi-select autocomplete-select custom field that I am trying to use with advanced search. It works however I would like to optimize/make some adjustments to fit my needs better:
is ...
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How would I expose weight for a custom select field to Drupal Views for sorting?
I have a custom select option field with about 35 options.
I'd like to be able to sort the field in Drupal Views by weight instead of value or name.
I looked around for the views integration in the ...
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Api4 does not delete values table when deleting a Custom Group
I'm using Api4 to remove a Custom Group upon uninstalling an extension. The api call looks like
\Civi\Api4\CustomGroup::delete()
->addWhere('id', '=', $idOfCustomGroup)
->execute();
The ...
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Use Civicrm with Callhub
I would like to use Civicrm in phone banking. I have managed to link Callhub and Civi together so that a phone call is recorded against a user's name. You can also record some of the call information ...
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Events Registration - Custom field widths shown too wide on actual web page
CiviCRM 5.21.0 with Drupal 7
I set up an event registration and added some custom fields and set the width to be smaller than default (usually 20 or 30 wide).
In the preview from the Registration ...
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How to Implement Funds that Different Grants Belong to?
How would I go about implementing funds that different grants belong to? There would be annual funding rounds based on them. CiviGrant by itself doesn't provide this functionality.
Two ways to ...
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Can custom Tokens for pledges be created?
I need to include the amount pledged and the amount they need to pay (which are different values) within an email I'm sending from CiviMail to let our pledgers know when/how to pay and how much. This ...
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Custom data sets, search and display in CiviCampaign
I am currently setting up CiviCRM for the small NGO I currently work for, and I am having a lot of trouble with CiviCampaign.
We use CiviCampaign to record every fundraising campaign the organization ...
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Can an Activity input profile "remember" details from the previous Activity submitted?
Newbie here, powered by CiviCRM 4.7.28 on WordPress. The closest prior thread I could find is here.
The use case is high school students self-reporting classes completed and corresponding grades. I ...
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Change displayed value for customfield
I have a custom field of an individual that stores the ID of a group (as int). I would like to change the display of the field to show the actual name of the group instead of the ID (same as contact ...
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Include more than one profile at top of event page
I have a website with CMS Drupal 7.54 and CiviCRM version 4.7.16.
On the CiviCRM event configuration page under "online registration" tab, there are two fields available to include profiles (Include ...
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crmEntityRef Populated with Custom Fields from a Custom Group
I would like to use crmEntityRef to load all the fields from a custom group I have created. I would like to have the list show the label for the field, and when selected it would return the id.
The ...
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Mailing labels with multiple relationships
Hoping for a little advice on the best way to address the following situation.
We have individuals with relationships to organizations. Each individual can have multiple relationships to ...
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Localised custom fields
Is is possible to create localised custom fields? For Swiss client I need to set up a custom field with the contact's profession. There are three official languages in Switzerland and we would like to ...
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Inserting custom field to core field group
https://civicrm.org/blogs/lobo/extending-contact-demographic-information-custom-group shows some hints how I can add custom fields to the core demographics, but that was for civicrm 3.1. I gave it a ...
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Update custom field individual checkbox value without overwriting the other values in the set
CiviCRM 5.78.3
CiviRules 3.14.0
When using the "Set Custom Field on contact" action to update a custom field that contains a set of checkboxes, is it possible to update an individual ...
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Bug - I think - with the Contact Reference field type when it is multiselect
We ran into this problem today after updating to 5.78.4, and I confirmed that it is happening the same way on https://dmaster.demo.civicrm.org/
If you create a custom field of type Contact Reference ...
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How to Restrict Past Dates and Set Conditions on Start Date & End Date in Form Builder?
I'm using the CiviCRM form builder to create a form, and I need help with setting conditions on the date fields, currently I’m able to select a start date that is before the current date, I want to ...
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CiviCRM Events approval process
I am trying to configure CiviCRM 5.73.2 for a non-profit organisation that helps children with bereavement. They run camps which children can sign up for and I have configured them as events. They ...
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Contribution: How to create membership with contribution?
I have tried to created a profil with field that are coming from different data group but it's telling me that I can't mix the data group ''organisation'' and ''contact''.
So I have decide to create ...
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Unordered radiobutton options in Form-Builder
I'm working on a long form with "radio-button" type options and conditional rules to display the options. All good with this.
The problem is that when I have created a new container with the ...
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Drop down custom field values do not work in multi-valued custom groups in profiles
We have a profile which exposes a custom group that allows multiple records. One of the fields is a drop-down list. In the profile, after clicking on Edit, you cannot see the drop-down list on the ...
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Is it possible to set a currency for a custom field (Money)
I'm writing CRM extensions allowing to see clculated summary of transactions for each contact.
Each currency has it's own custom group with set of custom fields.
One of custom fields id ...
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How to add Contact and Case custom fields to an Activity report?
Awhile back, I have made a copy of the the CRM/Report/Form/Activity.php, placed it under custom_php and added additional custom Contact and Case fields to the report by updating
protected $...
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Non-read-only custom fields appear as read-only in profiles
We have been seeing custom fields added to a profile, though not set to read-only, appearing as read-only in the profile preview. Clearing the cache temporarily cures the problem, but it recurs later. ...
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DIsplaying members with shortcode
I've never used civi before so I have no clue what I'm doing, but I need to create a new membership type with categories and display them on a page. I figured out how to add custom fields, so I used ...
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UUID Auto field for Custom field
I want to create something like a UUID field for a custom multi-value fieldset that I will consume from an external API call.
In other words: I have contacts that can have multiple versions of a ...
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Search Builder: Using "in" operator on a custom multi value field giving unexpected results
we encountered a problem when building searches using the "in" operator.
While this should work as if making multiple where statements connected with or, we noticed that on one of our custom ...
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Get Drupal View to Display Label from Numeric Custom Select Field
I have a custom field in Civi that is a numeric select field. The select field values are numeric but the associated labels are text. I have created a Drupal view that displays the select field but it ...
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Relationship tags not updating for import contacts drop down list
I have recently changed some of the relationship tags. These new tags come up when I am inputting or updating an individual contact. However, when I do a group upload and go to select the new ...
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Custom field checkbox option seems non-searchable because of + character in value. How to access my data?
I created a custom field months ago with checkbox options for age categories, including an option with the value '65 and +'. I can search for the other values of the same field without any problem (ex....
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Custom Field data missing in export
For an event we wanted to aks for more information so i set up a set of custom fields.
I added this to a profile and added some more fields
I added the profile to an event registration. If a user ...
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Export of custom multiple choice options to CSV files limited to 32 characters
A user is trying to export data from an advanced query on custom fields to a CSV file using the "Export contacts" action. This fails with a backtrace which is attached below. The error ...
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Does Civi rename picture files?
I have a situation where authorized users can upload a scan of their passports. While this doesn't happen often, there are times where various users will upload "Passport.jpg" as necessary. ...
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How to add a profile with a fieldset that accepts one or more entries for event registrations
I'm not sure that this is possible but here goes:
I have a requirement to collect data from Event Registrants of University Programs that they have undertaken and the years of study they have ...
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Is is possible to hide GiftAid details if someone selects 'no'?
We're using the GiftAid plugin which is great.
However, if someone declines to use GiftAid the fields are still present and compulsory to fill in.
Is there any way to make them conditional on ...
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Is it possible, using ACLs, for a group to have only 'create' access to contact custom data and another group to have 'edit'?
My user would like one group of users to be able to have only 'create' only access to a custom field set that will be in a contact's tab, and for another group to be able to have 'edit' access. I ...
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How to turn off multiple-record custom field set
I created a custom field set and initially checked the box "Does this Custom Field Set allow multiple records?". I would prefer to convert this field set back to a single record. I checked ...
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How to store (and import) historical data (date, integer#1, integer #2, etc.)
I want to store data (date, integer #1, integer #2, integer #3) for an organizational contact in CiviCRM. Each month a new record record with the same format will be created for each contact, but with ...
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Custom Fields are no longer appearing on profiles after update to 5.25.0
I have just updated my Joomla 3.19.8 site from version 5.18.12 to version 5.25.0, and my profile views are no longer including any custom fields.
No custom fields appear:
- on any profiles displayed ...
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Can I use a membership custom field in a renewal confirmation e-mail
I use a custom field in my membership records (Reference code). This custom field {membership.custom_8} i can use in e-mail reminders of the type membership that i use to warn members about an ...
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Issue field DEDUPE "0 Argument 1 passed to"
After upgrading to civicrm version 5.21 we detected a problem in one of the fields of the form linked to a custom profile.
For some reason, every time you try to insert that data from the form in the ...
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Custom field in event - for the message templates
In the Event Information I have new field. There, the organizer can be selected from the CRM. For the message templates I would like to use this information. If the field is filled, the First name / ...
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Approach to dynamically filled custom field using member since date
I've been thinking about how to best approach this and I'm stumped as to how to best go about it.
I want to add a custom field to a profile that is rendered on the Contact Summary page. I would like ...
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