access to field type 'parent link'

[littlegeorge]

Hello,

I want to make the field type 'parent link' accessible for all kind of entities (for creating fields in the entity Manager). So I think, I have just to replace the line

"notCreatable": true,

into

"notCreatable": false,

in the file linkParent.json.

But how can I do that in an update-safe way?

[tanya]

You can enable this field in EntityManager in upgrade safe way, but it won't work correctly.

[littlegeorge]

Hi Tanya,

thanks for answering!
Can you tell me which parts will not work correctly? Maybe I have a chance to find a workaround for my purposes.
Thanks in advance.

[tanya]

parent field requires link parent in entityDefs in all related entities, but it doesn't created automatically from Entity Manager, as I know.

https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/general/867-adding-new-field-to-addresses

an example, how to change field type in upgrade safe way