Update on CreateActionsView changes in Sugar 7.7

29 Dec 2015

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Based on Sugar Developer community feedback, we have an additional update about the CreateActionsView changes in Sugar 7.7.

CreateActions migration script added to Sugar 7.7 Upgrader

During Sugar 7.7 upgrade, the upgrader will identify existing create-actions view/layout customizations and automatically migrate them to create view/layout. This is a best effort migration that follows the two steps listed near bottom of this blog post.

If a custom create view/layout already exists, then create-actions changes will not be automatically migrated.

This will mitigate impact of this change for existing Sugar customers.

SugarCRM Developers over 8 years ago

Comment originally made by Shijin Krishna.
Hi Maat,
Just wondering we will still be having the 'Save and View' , 'Save and Create' buttons in future? And what will happen if I have modified the button metadata of create-actions view (through Extensions) in such a way that 'Save and View' button will come as primary (I meant the default button)?
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SugarCRM Developers over 8 years ago in reply to SugarCRM Developers

Comment originally made by Matthew Marum.
Most existing implementations should migrate automatically. There could be issues if there are already existing "create" customizations or if the customized "create-actions" controller extends from a different controller than we expected.
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SugarCRM Developers over 8 years ago

Comment originally made by Shijin Krishna.
Great! So no need to worry about the existing implementations.....:)
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SugarCRM Developers over 8 years ago in reply to SugarCRM Developers

Comment originally made by Matthew Marum.
Yes, Quick Create continues to use the Quick Create menu metadata to select the layout to use in the drawer.
For example, in modules/Accounts/clients/base/menus/quickcreate/quickcreate.php
$module_name = 'Accounts';
$viewdefs[$module_name]['base']['menu']['quickcreate'] = array(
    'layout' => 'create',
    'label' => 'LNK_NEW_ACCOUNT',
    'visible' => true,
    'order' => 0,
    'icon' => 'fa-plus',
);
The 'layout' property selects the Sidecar layout to load when quick create is called. You could select a different create layout for your custom Quick Create by overriding or extending this menu metadata.
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SugarCRM Developers over 8 years ago

Comment originally made by FrancescaS.
Will there be a way to keep a distinct view for Quick Create?
Currently we can use create for Quick Create, and create-actions for "full" create.
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