Custom Field Type Visible in Formula but Not Available in Workflow Conditions/Actions

[Ashif Malayil]

Hello Team,

I have developed a custom field type in EspoCRM. The field is working as expected at the entity level, and I am able to successfully access and use it within the Formula and workflow Actions section.

However, the same custom field type is not appearing in the Workflow, specifically under:

• Workflow Conditions

Could you please clarify:

1. Are there any additional definitions, metadata, or flags required to make a custom field type available in Workflow Conditions?

If any example or documentation is available for enabling custom field types in workflows, that would be very helpful.

Thank you in advance for your support.

[yuri]

There are some parameters in metadata > entityDefs > Workflow. But these parameter were planned to be moved to other place in future.

[Ashif Malayil]

Hi yuri ,

Is this the file path you are referring to?

custom/Espo/Modules/Advanced/Resources/metadata/entityDefs/Workflow.json

I can see the following section there:

"conditionFieldTypes": { "varchar": "varchar", ... "urlMultiple": "array" }

If I add my custom field type to this list, will it then appear in the Workflow Conditions section?

[yuri]

I think so.

Note that this parameters likely to be moved to metadata > app soon, so you you will need to fix the customizations after upgrade.

[Ashif Malayil]

I am able to see the field in the Conditions section now, but it is not showing filter options such as Is Empty, Is Not Empty, Changed, etc. Do i need to define these somewhere else?

Please refer to the image below.

[yuri]

I think you need to map it some existing type. E.g. to the varchar. It's not possible to have a custom view in the conditions.

[Ashif Malayil]

Thanks for your support, Yuri. It worked with the existing varchar type.