Questions tagged [custom-fields]
Questions about custom fields in CiviCRM.
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How do I set the display size for custom fields?
I have a profile that combines built-in fields with custom fields, both alphanumeric. The custom field displays shorter than the built-in fields which, when I examine the page source, are size="30".
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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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How do you restore contacts that have a deleted custom contact type?
I am getting an error Invalid Filter error when trying to open a contact that was configured with a contact type that has since been deleted. The contacts are returned in the search but I am unable to ...
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What is the public flag for on custom Field sets?
What is the public flag for on custom Field sets?
It seems that even if a field is marked as public, it will not show up for anonymous users on a profile unless I give anonymous users the "access all ...
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Change 'Used for' contact type of custom fields
I have custom field group set as used for 'individual' but I want to change it to limit it to a contact subtype. What is the best way to achieve this - I could create a new field group and copy data ...
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Is is possible to restrict visibility of custom data sets?
Current install - WP5.0 / Civi 5.7.2
I'm just thinking through our Safeguarding / Child Protection process. We don't have any issues, but we're legally obliged to have a process. And I'd rather set ...
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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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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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How to retrieve custom field image files?
How can I retrieve images uploaded in custom field sets for contacts? Could you get a URL for them the same way you can for the contact "image_url" in the API?
When I look up the custom field for the ...
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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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custom fields not adding to Drupal views
I'm trying to build a drupal view and pull in rm custom data
For both contact (client) and case
(view for case contact, relationships include case contact id-case id, and case contact id- contact id)
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Current Employer style field for a custom field
I have been asked to add some custom fields to the default CiviCRM Interface that bahave like the current employer field.
That is to say, my users want to create certain relationships and have them ...
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Multiple custom field sets in one contact tab (not the main one)?
Drupal 7.59, CiviCRM 5.5.1, Shoreditch alpha24.
Within a contact you can display a custom field set as an additional tab (or on main tab). On the main tab you can have groups of fields, including ...
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Tags, relationships, or custom fields to record custom data?
Apologies if this isn't the best place to ask, I'm completely new to CiviCRM and could do with some advice on the best way to store custom data.
I'm building a database of churches. For each church I ...
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Selecting all checkboxes for field reverts to one value
On Wordpress 4.9.8 and Civi 5.4.0.
It shows multiple values as long as you do not select all of the options. If you select them all, then it reverts back to just one (petitioning in this case) for ...
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Missing Custom Activity Field Data When the Activity is Filed on a Case.
As the title states. Data that I enter into custom activity fields, is saved and
I can view that saved data from the Activities tab in the Contact Summary.
Like this:
But after the activity is ...
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How to display custom fields 2 fields in row, instead of new line for each field
I'm new to civiCRM, I tried to search but didn't find an answer, although I feel that my question is naive
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Should participant custom fields be available under events on webform
Custom fields for participants in Civi are not being presented for addition to Drupal Webform. Event registration is selected and working but the custom field set for participants are not showing up ...
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How to use civiprofile for contact form
I want to use a civi profile for our contact form, so that all inquiries and new contacts are stored in civi. I created the custom fields and have them on a new tab and table, so multiple submissions ...
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CRM API shows only the first char of the result?
I'm absolutely embarrassed. I try to get value as it in this thread (and sorry for the wrong use of the topic).
I try get a custom value via CRM API. With the API Explorer I can create the ...
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CiviEvent Confirmation Email Displaying Profiles Not Used In Event
We have created some custom fields/profiles to use with certain CiviEvent registrations. These profiles only display in the event registration when they are selected in the event setup - as expected. ...
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Add Custom Field to Core Field Group
I'd like to add a custom field to the "core" demographics fieldgroup: the place of birth. I created a custom field, but I can't figure out, how to put it into demographics fieldgroup. Is it possible ...
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Importing membership custom field keeps failing
I'm having problems importing memberships with a custom field. I'm able to import a alphanumeric text field without an error, but a second custom field, set up as a checkbox, keeps being rejected.
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How to change the value of a custom radio button field programmatically?
I have a CiviCRM profile that hosts a custom field. The custom field is of type "Radio-Button" and hosts two options:
What I'm trying to achieve is changing the values of each option programmatically ...
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Custom filed that will auto calculate a position number based on date
We manage a wait list for membership so I would like to know if there is a way to calculate a number for a custom filed that would be based on if a member is a subtype and then the date in another ...
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Get Custom CiviCRM Data by ContactID This is not a duplicate
This is option group 110 in civicrm_option_value
I am trying to create a custom query for reporting that pulls the actual Custom Data LABELS ('Green Light','Red Light', etc)vs the custom data VALUES (...
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MySQL Query to return all custom values
Any MySQL Civi Gurus out there that know how I can create a query to return all custom value fields with their value per contact id?
I know how to get the occasional custom value, but i need the ...
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Keeping historical demographic information, while updating donor information
So we have a unique use case. The organization collects donations from employees of various departments with various roles at the organization. Collecting employee information like title, department,...
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How to display only Time value in User Contact without the Current Date value
I have created a custom field selecting date type,selecting the date format and time.Actually I will need only Time field but the system doesn't alow to create
custom field of type date, without ...
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Custom Data Responses
How can I view responses to custom data questions? By looking at Contact summary I can see that new contacts are responding, but when I click on the link, nothing is there.
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Cannot set sort order of custom fields in profile
I created a custom group and populated with custom fields. When I preview all fields in group, it is in the correct order.
When I use the custom group in a profile, the profile reverses the order.
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Large Text Fields Not Writing in Database
We've discovered what seems to be a bug creating large text fields from CiviCRM Custom Fields. I hope I'm able to explain this well enough.
Relevant environment information:
- Drupal 7.59
- CiviCRM 5....
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Custom fields inline don’t save data but tabs do after failed upgrade
WP 4.9.6
Upgrade from 4.7.24 to 5.1.2 upgraded files but not database (still showed 4.7.24 in civicrm_domain)
No error messages it just hung.
I reverted to original files and database
Now in backend ...
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Insert custom date field from Drupal Webform
I'm trying to set up a Drupal Webform that will (among other things), automatically update a custom date field in the connected CiviCRM contact record. The date field in the webform is hidden, and I'm ...
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Participant Custom Field Set not displaying when edit or view registration record
I have a 4.7.27 WP install where the custom field set attached to a participant record does not display when either viewing or editing the participant record. I know the fields are there because they ...
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Why would two distinctly separate custom fields share the same options?
Why would two distinctly separate custom fields {Constituent Info and Contribution Info} share the same options? How do I go about separating them? If I try to delete any option I get this ...
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How to report on repeating custom fields
My client wants a report on a set of 10 repeating custom fields, each one of which has a date and one of a set of outcomes. e.g there is an 'Accommodation' custom field which has 2 fields - a date and ...
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Does CiviVolunteer need volunteer sub-contact type?
We have found that it is more cumbersome than it is worth to use a 'volunteer' sub-contact type classification. One reason is profiles assume one contact type and even working with Caldera Forms it ...
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How to display an Event's custom field on its registration form
I have a custom field set with fields used for managing extra data on the event.
I want one of the custom fields' value to be shown in its registration form.
What is the Smarty expression to put in ...
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Different subsets of a selection custom field
I have a select custom field for 'Accommodation' showing the options available for participants in events' registration form.
To simplify, lets say there are 10 different accommodation options, '...
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Custom date field formatting with smarty
I'm trying to format a custom date field using smarty to send emails. What I want is to have the day of the week included, as "Wednesday, April 18, 2018". It seems that this should work:
{contact....
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Multi-value custom fields for events
I have events that often include downloadable materials. Whether or not there are downloads, what exactly they are, and the number of downloads related to a particular event is variable and unique to ...
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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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CiviCRM_API3_Exception: Expected one CustomField but found 0 in civicrm_api3() (line 45 of sites/all/modules/civicrm/api/api.php)
I was cleaning up some extra custom fields in our DB. ONe of these , though it was disabled did not stop displaying in the contact profile. So I clicked to delete it.
I then got this error when I ...
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Fixing the CiviCRM db when someone deleted “phone” from system dropdown menu options
Got a problem with how someone (I suspect) has gone in to CiviCRM » Administer CiviCRM » Option Groups » Phone Type Options and thought "hey, we don't need a dropdown item of "phone" because that's ...
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Notes about participants
We need to fill some information about people that registered to specific event, for example room number where they will stay. Is it possible to store additional information about participants so that ...
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Custom Fields values from database — Step-by-step guide?
I'd like to create a custom field (field_3) on the Contact page, which value comes from a table, depending on field_1 and field_2.
Is anywhere some step-by-step guide, how to make this?
Thank you!
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Custom Field Set Creation yields Duplicate entry '0' for key 'PRIMARY'
When I try to create a custom field set, I get the following error when I save it. How do I correct this issue?
DB Error: already exists
Error Details
Database Error Code: Duplicate entry '0' for ...
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New Profile adding custom fields issue
I created a new Contact Type, Parish, based on Organization. No data added yet. I will display this as a field in a Contact Records as a Parishoneer of relationship.
I am following a tutorial ...
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Images uploaded as custom fields are broken on view/download
I'm using Drupal with CiviCRM 4.7.30 (but this issue also affected 4.6) on Nginx & Debian
I have a custom field used for images. Images are uploaded and stored correctly (when copying the image ...
