If you’re experiencing constraint violation errors when debugging code or processes in Creatio, it can sometimes be difficult to understand where exactly the problem lies. This article will outline how to troubleshoot these types of errors. Background In Creatio, when you add a lookup to an entity object, it adds a database-level constraint that enforces […]
When using Creatio, one of the most power parts of the application is the ability to integrate your email and calendar with Creatio. If you’re company is using Office 365, you’ll need to do a few configuration steps in your Azure/Office 365 portal to allow Creatio to authenticate with your Office 365 accounts using OAuth. […]
In Creatio. 7.18.3 there’s a new feature where the Facebook, WhatsApp, and Telegram message buttons are added to the Actions Dashboard, allowing you to resume a message started with a contact in one of these mediums. However, these buttons show even if you’ve not setup or are using these message mediums, which might confuse users. […]
If you need to apply style to a messagebox dialog in Creatio, you’ll need to do a small hack that allows you to identify your specific messagebox in the markup so your CSS/style doesn’t apply to all messageboxes. If your dialog is a real dialog or a mini page, this hack isn’t needed since you […]
In Creatio many sections use the Actions Dashboard that makes it easy to quickly create a task, send an email, or log a phone call on a record. When recording a call, the default call direction is “Incoming”. This article will outline how to change this default to “Outgoing”. Once complete, the end result will […]
A tip to make lookups in Creatio more interesting, which can help engage users more. Using emoticons in Lookups. I recently had a request to create a “rating” lookup with choices like 1-5. Sounds boring and seeing a “2” on a page doesn’t give a quick visual of what that really means. So, instead, I […]
A useful way to allow a user to control the filters for some server-side operation or process is to allow them to select a folder for your back end code to use for filtering the data. There’s a few things you need to do to retrieve the filters for a folder. This article will provide […]
When you add a text field in the Creatio mobile client using the mobile wizard, by default, the field will be a single line of text. If you want to make the text field show multiple lines, you’ll need to add some code to make it display as a multiline text field. To do this, […]
When you configure a list for the Creatio mobile client using the mobile wizard, by default the list shows in database order which isn’t too helpful. However, you can specify a sort for the list in code. The first thing you’ll need to do is add a module for the entity in the Mobile application […]
Creatio’s mobile client is a hybrid mobile application using the Cordova framework to run a Javascript application inside a native application shell. Creatio provides a mobile application wizard that allows you to easily configure what shows in the mobile application. Just like the Section wizard, the mobile application wizard also generates javascript files. These javascript […]
The page to add a new record for a section in Creatio can have two different modes. One is to use the full page to create a new record, and another is to use the add mini page to present a simpler add screen in a dialog. The out of the box behavior when adding […]
The column layout for a detail list in Creatio is meant to be something that a user can change. However, an administrator can set this for all users by selecting the “Save for all users” option when saving the column layout. This “default” layout for all users can also be included in a package and […]
Most sections in Creatio have an Attachment and Notes tab. On this tab you’ll see a rich text editor that allows for HTML content with fonts, text size, colors, tables, and even embedded images. You can create custom rich text editors, just like this one, with just a few simple steps. Your end result will […]
If you need to retrieve the details for a Creatio object/entity, you can easily access this information via the REST API. The DataService has an endpoint that will provide all the details for an object such as the caption, the primary display column, what sort of access rights is defined for the object, as well […]
If you’ve added the Actions Dashboard to a custom section (See previous article Adding the Actions Dashboard to a Custom Section) you might be wondering why the “To” recipient for emails isn’t populating in the Actions Dashboard. This is because the out of the box behavior only populates that if the current section is the Contact […]
When using an Integer column in Creatio, formatting will be automatically applied, adding a thousands separator comma to any integer values. However, this might not be the desired behavior. For example, for values that represent a year. To remove this formatting from an integer field on an edit page, we can simply add the following […]
Many of the out of the box sections in Creatio have something at the top that is called the Actions Dashboard. This is what that looks like: This component allows you to quickly create a call activity, a task, an email, etc, as well as view the next steps, or activities for the record. You […]
For a detail in Creatio, there’s an option to filter the detail that is buried in the three-dot menu button. Many users might not know that is there. Additionally, if the detail needs to be filtered often, it might be a pain for users to continually look for the filter option in that menu. For […]
At times you might want to display read-only data on a page in Creatio. For example, you might want to display some calculation or data from some other object in a read-only label on the page. To do this, you’ll follow these steps: Add a text attribute on the page. This is what we’ll bind […]
In Creatio some records have support for an image. For example, in the Contact section you can add a contact’s photo and in the Account section you can add a company logo. This article will outline the code needed to programmatically add an image to a contact or account from a URL. The code can […]
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