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alpesh@esanghe.com

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Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 23, 2009, 11:44:04 am
Joomla v1.5.15 & CiviCRM v3.0.01

I have created a profile for the Custom Fields (no problem editing/viewing from the backend)

When I try and display them on the front-end (Menu type as "CiviCRM > Profile/Edit") - it provides an empty form (no fields) with the correct profile title.

Note: The UserAccount (front-end) has "Relationship" with View/Edit and "Is Current Employee" checked

PURPOSE: Association site...  The Organization record needs additional fields (Years in Business, # Employees...)


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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 23, 2009, 05:11:52 pm
Profile "edit" in Joomla front-end will only work for Individual and general Contact fields, NOT for Organization fields. This is because we use the authenticated front-end user ID to link to the corresponding CiviCRM contact record (which will always be an Individual).
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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 24, 2009, 02:01:58 pm
Any thoughts on how else I might satisfy the need to have an Individual update the Custom Fields on an Organization record (that they have an Edit Relationship with)?

I attempted to SYNC a User Account with an Organization record (via matching Email), but no luck...  I assume the SYNC is only valid for User Account & Individual/Contact records.

FYI... In another implementation (501C - we're supporting pro-bono), we have a need to where the Organization's Custom Fields need to be updated on a monthly basis (verifying availability of services).

Feedback greatly appreciated.

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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 24, 2009, 05:11:47 pm
Not sure what is possible via joomla - or if this is what you are after but have you checked out these two options

- access the custom data via a profile for a Permissioned Relationship via Dashboard - http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,5699.0.html

or stoob's solution which enabled Org custom data fields to be exposed in a Members sign up form

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC22/Enhance+Organizational+Membership+Functionality
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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 24, 2009, 05:13:24 pm
BTW - any of the civiteam able to give a blank yes or no on whether either of those two above (tim's or stoob's) will survive an upgrade to 3.0 or should we expect problems?
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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 24, 2009, 07:08:24 pm
Can't give blank yes, but the concepts and schema elements used haven't changed since 2.x (based on a quick scan). That said, there might be cleaner ways of doing this using hooks :-)
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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 24, 2009, 07:17:05 pm
Thks Dave - will do some testing at end of week

yes I wish I had a new client we could progress the Hook option with - would that be an option for this joomla case
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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 29, 2009, 01:40:56 pm
Thanks PeterD & Dave Greenberg...

I tried PeterD's suggestion (http://forum.civicrm.org/index.php/topic,5699.0.html), but no success.

The second option (http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC22/Enhance+Organizational+Membership+Functionality) was beyond me (I have no experience programming PHP).

... but, the NEED remains.

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Re: Custom Fields for Organization - Edit from the FrontEnd (User) - HOW?
November 30, 2009, 12:58:41 am
Alpesh,

May be should consider hiring someone from http://civicrm.org/professional

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