Set values ON duplicating record

[arthurmaciel]

Hi! Is there a way to set values for specific attributes when duplicating a record?

Formulas and hooks set values to fields only when saving records, so the new values are not visible to the user until saving record. But I need to set values dynamically when opening record for edition with the 'Duplicate' button. It would be equivalent to a 'default value' but applicable only when duplicating (at the moment 'default value' only works when creating new records).

Thanks!

[Kyle]

I know its been a long time since this question was asked but I had the same issue today and I solved it like this:


In the controller for the entity I overrode "postActionGetDuplicateAttributes". Basically I copied it from the parent controller and then added the line to change the status before returning the data.

    public function postActionGetDuplicateAttributes($params, $data, $request)
    {
        if (empty($data->id)) {
            throw new BadRequest();
        }
        if (!$this->getAcl()->check($this->name, 'create')) {
            throw new Forbidden();
        }
        if (!$this->getAcl()->check($this->name, 'read')) {
            throw new Forbidden();
        }
        $data = $this->getRecordService()->getDuplicateAttributes($data->id);
        $data->status ='XXXX';
        return $data;
    }