ERROR: Formula failed: Formula set-attribute: Not allowed to set `id` attribute.

[AmanovRu]

After installing update 7.1.0. formula has stopped working. Entity contact.

Formula example:
ifThen(
entity\isNew(),
id = newphoneNumber
);


ERROR: Workflow[628cae3704800b759]: Action failed [updateEntity] with cid [0], details: Formula set-attribute: Not allowed to set `id` attribute..

[yuri]

Why do you set id in the formula. There should not be a reason to do that. Your formula breaks the logic of the application and the new fix prevents this. It's not a bug. The error message explains what is happened. No reason to create a bug report.

[AmanovRu]

Is there any way to disable this feature in my case? We use the customer's phone number as the contact ID.

[yuri]

I recommend to have this logic in a beforeSave hook.

[AmanovRu]

I have a very big request, we have been working in this system with the current logic for three years, if you have time, find an opportunity to fix it. I had to roll back the system, but I would hate to miss updates.

[yuri]

This is not a bug so won't be fixed.

[AmanovRu]

very sorry to hear that

[yuri]

You can do the same in a before-save hook. https://docs.espocrm.com/development/hooks/

Or create a custom formula function that changes the ID https://github.com/espocrm/documenta...-in-formula.md

We can't allow setting ID from the formula as it's a breaking of the application logic.