Adding selection fields to customer

[fondofotrs]

hi,

i understand that we can add new customer fields and it has been given in the admin doc. can some one tell me how to add selection type fields to customer? for ex, when you add customer, there are fields like valid, Theme etc from which the values can be selected. i would like to add similar new fields to customer. any help can be great.

tx

[crythias]

Take a look at Config.pm or Defaults.pm

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1391	            # note: Login, Email and CustomerID needed!
1392	            # var, frontend, storage, shown (1=always,2=lite), required, storage-type, http-link, readonly, http-link-target
1393	            [ 'UserTitle',      'Title',      'title',      1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1394	            [ 'UserFirstname',  'Firstname',  'first_name', 1, 1, 'var', '', 0 ],
1395	            [ 'UserLastname',   'Lastname',   'last_name',  1, 1, 'var', '', 0 ],
1396	            [ 'UserLogin',      'Username',   'login',      1, 1, 'var', '', 0 ],
1397	            [ 'UserPassword',   'Password',   'pw',         0, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1398	            [ 'UserEmail',      'Email',      'email',      1, 1, 'var', '', 0 ],
1399	
1400	#            [ 'UserEmail',      'Email', 'email',           1, 1, 'var', '$Env{"CGIHandle"}?Action=AgentTicketCompose&ResponseID=1&TicketID=$Data{"TicketID"}&ArticleID=$Data{"ArticleID"}', 0 ],
1401	            [ 'UserCustomerID', 'CustomerID', 'customer_id', 0, 1, 'var', '', 0 ],
1402	
1403	#            [ 'UserCustomerIDs', 'CustomerIDs', 'customer_ids', 1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1404	            [ 'UserPhone',        'Phone',       'phone',        1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1405	            [ 'UserFax',          'Fax',         'fax',          1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1406	            [ 'UserMobile',       'Mobile',      'mobile',       1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1407	            [ 'UserStreet',       'Street',      'street',       1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1408	            [ 'UserZip',          'Zip',         'zip',          1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1409	            [ 'UserCity',         'City',        'city',         1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1410	            [ 'UserCountry',      'Country',     'country',      1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1411	            [ 'UserComment',      'Comment',     'comments',     1, 0, 'var', '', 0 ],
1412	            [ 'ValidID',          'Valid',       'valid_id',     0, 1, 'int', '', 0 ],
1413	        ],
1414	
1415	        # default selections
1416	        Selections => {
1417	
1418	#            UserTitle => {
1419	#                'Mr.' => 'Mr.',
1420	#                'Mrs.' => 'Mrs.',
1421	#            },

So, if you want a selection for a custom field, you'll have to properly define it in the database, insert the entry into the Map in Config.pm. You'll want to copy the entire database section from Defaults.pm:
['WhatVariableNameIsUsedToReferenceTheField', 'WhatDisplaysAsTheLabel', 'WhatFieldTheDatabaseUsesToStoreTheData', whetherTheFieldIsShown, whetherTheFieldIsRequired, 'typeOfField', 'optionalhttp://linktosomewhereifclicked', 'read-only?'],

Then in Selections:

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    WhatVariableNameYouChoseAbove => {
        'Key' => 'Value',
        'Key2' => 'Value2',
},

[fondofotrs]

thanks, Crythias. it works like a charm.

[asdrub]

This post was very useful to me.
But, if I want to set the default "selected" option in the Selections list?

Thanks in advance