Display Task type in detail and list views

[xador]

Hello community,

We would like to display the parent type (translated, the nice one, not just parentType like "SaleOrder") in the detail and list views of Tasks. It is only displayed by default when we want to update parent in detail view (see attached file).

I had in mind to create a field that is filled by formula, but I do not know how the type could be displayed with its translated value, depending of the user preference language.

Thank you for your ideas/solutions

[Kharg]

Hi,

you didn't attach anything.

[esforim]

I haven't use the Translated feature yet but this thread may be relevant to you: https://forum.espocrm.com/forum/gene...email-template

[xador]

Hello everyone,
Thank you for your answer esforim
However, I do not think it is what I am looking for.
I really try to display the parent's type of the task, like it is displayed when I edit the parent field. I want it to be shown in the detail view, and the list view.
I add the forgotten screenshot.
Thank you for your help.

[rabii]

Hello community,

We would like to display the parent type (translated, the nice one, not just parentType like "SaleOrder") in the detail and list views of Tasks. It is only displayed by default when we want to update parent in detail view (see attached file).

I had in mind to create a field that is filled by formula, but I do not know how the type could be displayed with its translated value, depending of the user preference language.

Thank you for your ideas/solutions

if you set up the translation correctly on the system, then the user will see the exact value you set on the translation manager, here you can change the name of everything go to administration > labelManager and choose the language and select Task and just name the sales order what ever you want for that specific language.

[xador]

Sorry. I think I was not clear .

We want to add a field in the Task entity that we could add to layouts to display clearly what is the type of the parent in the detail view and the list view.

At the moment, by default in espocrm, we only see this information when we edit the task parent fields (see my screenshot).

We have not found an elegant solution yet.

[esforim]

I think I get what you want to do. Right now you want the Parent "SaleOrder" to always show? Because it only get shown when you in Edit view?

If so then you can use Formula, create a new Varchar field, you can call it something like ParentTypeTranslate, make it Read Only so people can't manually change it.

Then use Formula do something like this?

parentTypeTranslate = parentType

Here was my brief test using Formula sandbox:

[rabii]

You can create a new varchar field call it (parentValue) and then in the task formula add a formula to update the new created field whenever the task's parent has changed and not empty, like code below:

ifThen(entity\isAttributeChanged('parentType'), parentValue = parentType); 

[esforim]

Use this rabii guy code, he idea more bug free than mine