Help with creating report

[dnaoverride]

Can someone help me create report from 3 entities

• Contact
• Contact Categories - which contains category name and required number of visits
• Meeting

I need to create report that prints name, required number of visits, actual visits that sales person is made.

I have tried using joint reports but without any luck.... I'm having problems connecting contact and contact categories entities...
Tried with formulas when change contact category:

ifThen(entity\isAttributeChanged('contactsCategories'),
    $contact_id = id;
    util\logDebug('XXX',$contact_id);
    $category_id = record\findOne('contact_contacts_category', '', '', 'contact_id', $contact_id);
    $number_of_visits = record\attribute('contactsCategories', $category_id, 'required_number_of_visits');
    entity\setAttribute('Numberofvisits', $number_of_visits);
);​

I even installed LogDebug Custom Formula extension for debugging purposes, set 'level' => 'DEBUG' in config-internal.php, but nothing is even printed out in log files.
Also tried many to many, one to many contact to contact category, all without any luck.

Any pointers create this report / create appropriate formula. Thanks in advance.

[dnaoverride]

It seems no one can help me with this problem, can someone at least point me am I at right track how to aquire data from another entity?

Thanks

[rabii]

you have not provide any info for someone to help. what is the relationship between the 3 entities ? also see my comments on your code below

ifThen(entity\isAttributeChanged('contactsCategories'),
   $contact_id = id;
   // This logDebug is not supported and i am not sure where did you get this, it will never work. the log is under data/logs
   util\logDebug('XXX',$contact_id);
   // never use '' you should use null instead and also name of the entity should be correct as ContactCategory you need to verify name under administration > entity  $category_id = record\findOne('ContactCategory', null, mull, 'contact_id', $contact_id);
   $category_id = record\findOne('contact_contacts_category', '', '', 'contact_id', $contact_id);
// this is also wrong fields should be spilted camelCase requiredNumberOfVisits
$number_of_visits = record\attribute('ContactCategory', $category_id, 'required_number_of_visits');
entity\setAttribute('Numberofvisits', $number_of_visits);
);​​ 

[dnaoverride]

Thanks for reply, I thought I should reference mysql table names, therefore I used them, the '' usage I did see in this forum ?. I will try to modify my code, by your instructions. Cheers ?

[dnaoverride]

Guys im having a problem in my formula to register if attribute changed... heres the code

if (entity\isAttributeChanged('contactsCategories')) {
    $contact_id = id;
    description = $contact_id;
}
​

Tried to store something in description for debugging purpose but nothing happends.

My Contact entity relations attached as image.



Looks like entity\isAttributeChanged('contactsCategories') isn't registering attribute change, anyone got an idea what im doing wrong?

[rabii]

Try this

if (entity\isAttributeChanged('contactsCategoriesIds')) {
   $contact_id = id;
   description = $contact_id;
}​ 

Also you need to have Link Multiple Field enabled on your relationship otherwise it won't work.

[dnaoverride]

Thanks rabii it works with suggested change....