Compound admin.useAsTitle

hellboy124124

last week

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  jesschow

  Payload Team

  last week

  Hi @hellboy124124 - you could create a virtual field which is a common solution we use for creating dynamic titles. Read more about them here

  https://payloadcms.com/blog/learn-how-virtual-fields-can-help-solve-common-cms-challenges
  
  

  Essentially you could add another field that combines your entry.product.name and entry.seller.name and use that as your title. You can also add a beforeChange hook to remove the value from your database so it is fully virtual.

  
  
  

  {
    name: 'title',
    type: 'text',
    admin: {
      hidden: true, // hides the field from the admin panel
    },
    hooks: {
      beforeChange: [
        ({ siblingData }) => {
          // ensures data is not stored in DB
          delete siblingData['title']
        }
      ],
      afterRead: [
        ({ data }) => {  
          return `${data.product.name} ${data.seller.name}`;
        }
      ],
    },
  }

  
  
  

  Something along the lines of this 👆 Hope this helps!

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  hellboy124124

  last week

  Oh wow, that was quick! Seems like exactly what I'm looking for - thank you!