Mandatory custom fields

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Jens Bech Madsen

• July 23, 2014 12:13

I would like to be able to make certain custom fields mandatory for all devices. Examples include Owner and Purpose. It's critical for us to keep track of what devices are used for and who are responsible for them.

Additionally it would be great to be able to make custom fields which are dropdowns with predefined values instead of them always being free text.

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  Joel Kos

  • August 15, 2014 14:10

  agreed

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  Raj Jalan

  • September 08, 2014 20:29

  Hi Jens and Joel,

  Please take a look at new approach for circuit custom fields as added in v5.9.3: http://blog.device42.com/2014/09/circuit-custom-fields-and-api-enhancements-in-v5-9-3/

  This adds drop down for pre-defined values and also filtering for custom fields. Also, all fields show up for all circuits.

  We are considering making similar UI changes to all other objects in Device42 that have custom fields. So, please try it out and chime in with your feedback on this topic.

  Thanks.

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  Jens Bech Madsen

  • September 09, 2014 07:50

  I just tested it and it is much better. I believe it would be a big improvement if all custom fields worked like this. I couldn't get the date picker working (only tested in Firefox), but other than that, it worked fine.

  I couldn't see an option for making a field mandatory/required which is what this feature request is mainly about.

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  Raj Jalan

  • September 09, 2014 13:52

  Hi Jens,

  Thanks for feedback. This particularly address "dropdowns with predefined values" part of the request. We are still exploring the mandatory field options as we have to consider how to handle APIs and auto-discovery etc.

  Regards.

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  REDI TECH

  • October 29, 2014 03:42

  I think this is going down the right path, but the drop down and predefined fields still allow for a text box value 2 next to them.

  From an object profile perspective, the custom fields feel like an after thought.  If something is mandatory, I want it front and center with the rest of the attributes.

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  Raj Jalan

  • December 17, 2014 18:20

  All,

  We have added mandatory fields option in v6.1.0: http://blog.device42.com/2014/12/libvirt-auto-discovery-custom-fields-overhaul-and-security-fixes-in-v6-1-0/

  Still not front and center - but you won't be able to edit an object unless required custom field value is filled out.

  Thanks.

   

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  Jens Bech Madsen

  • December 18, 2014 09:05

  This is great. This is a great improvement.

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