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capo

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Custom Fields for Option Groups
November 14, 2013, 03:30:51 am
Is it possible to create custom fields for option groups? For instance, you may want to create a "Channel" field for the activity_type option group. Or you may want to create a new custom field based in an option group that has more than a simple "code / description" structure.

If it is not possible, is someone working in something similar?
Do you think it may be interesting to launch a Make It Happen project?

P.S.: Not sure this was the right forum category. Sorry if it wasn't!

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Re: Custom Fields for Option Groups
November 14, 2013, 08:58:13 am

hay carlos:

option group / value table was a generic table for a lot of groups that had simple needs and were willing to stick to the standard (and a lot of them are!).  if and when a group required specific fields (location type etc), we moved them into its own table

so not sure if adding custom fields to option group value is a right thing or ends up making things a bit more complex than needed.

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Re: Custom Fields for Option Groups
November 15, 2013, 12:24:27 am
I agree it wouldn't be the best option from the database designer point of view. But, at the same time, I like the idea of letting the non-developer users be able to develop more complex database structures.
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