it opens a new modal where I need to select project, I would like it to be populated with project I came from (and maybe even hide it, and be selected based on project I came from)

and there is also problem with these assingments, that displayed name is just id of corresponding join table

I would like it to be consisted from employee>name + role/assignment of it

I would like to probably hide ProjectsAssignments from admin ui, because I don't think users of this admin panel will understand many-to-many join table, so I would like to leave them with

Project

edit page creation of these assignments

@akhrarovsaid

@654031862146007055

I would also like to create a select component of employees, that would have avatar + name as select options

not sure it availible in payload

probably needs to be created as custom component

zed0547last year
that displayed name is just id of corresponding join table
You need
admin.useAsTitle
on these collections

https://payloadcms.com/docs/configuration/collections#admin-options

I would also like to create a select component of employees, that would have avatar + name as select options
This sounds like a custom select component
rnbsovlast year
oh, actually I already added this field

but no avail
zed0547last year
it opens a new modal where I need to select project, I would like it to be populated with project I came from
This sounds like a bug if it's not populating, it should be

Restart dev server

What payload version are you on?

Also, you are showing me collections with
useAsTitle
on them but you need useAsTitle on the collections in the
relationTo
that you reference

projectAssignments
need a
useAsTitle
rnbsovlast year
the first thing I tried to do

these collection started to use as primary field, but in the projects, it displays just ids
zed0547last year
In your
projectAssignments
do you have a
useAsTitle
?
rnbsovlast year
yep
zed0547last year
Shouldn't be a relationship field, that's why you are getting primary key
rnbsovlast year
ugh
zed0547last year
You should add a new hidden field that uses the value of your employee

Add it in a hook or something

beforeChange would work

It constructs the value you want, then use that as the title

Internally, relationships are saved as id's

That's why you get a primary key as the title
rnbsovlast year
alright

thanks

I think I'm starting understanding

something like this right?
zed0547last year
Yep!
rnbsovlast year

hooks was the concept I had troubles understanding

thanks, your mentorship on my problem lit the light to me

it should be
originalDoc
isn't?
zed0547last year
I think
data
here should be fine

Then return the data
rnbsovlast year
bunch of errors

ugh
zed0547last year
You can use
operation
to scope it to create and updates, also make sure you actually have the appropriate data here to set, don't forget to add an employeeName field and generateTypes
rnbsovlast year
zed0547last year
You are trying to overwrite a reltationship field with a string

You need a new field
employeeName

And use that as the title
rnbsovlast year
I should add it to the collection

?
zed0547last year
Yep
rnbsovlast year

I've set it as hidden

okay?

this should be working
zed0547last year
You need to generate types for it but yeah, restart dev server should do that for you if HMR didn't already
rnbsovlast year
yeah, problem with this

for a some reason after restarting, the type error still present
zed0547last year
const employeeID = typeof data.employee === 'number' ? data.employee : data.employee.id
rnbsovlast year
just ts server error I guess

I'm currious how it would look with
operation
arg that you've mention
zed0547last year
if (operation === 'create' || operation === 'update') { ... }

Just scope it down, no need to set a field if it's a delete
rnbsovlast year
oh I see

this issue is still present

I hope scoped it properly

I'm feeling a bit silly because I'm asking a bunch of questions and taking your time
zed0547last year
You did the inverse
rnbsovlast year
but your help is priceless for me
zed0547last year
You want to be running your hook if it is a create or update
rnbsovlast year
zed0547last year
Right now you are running it only if it is not a create or update

Yep
rnbsovlast year
nice

thanks

I don't understand this eror
zed0547last year
See here
https://discord.com/channels/967097582721572934/1346880040696152126/1346887566141689931
rnbsovlast year
why Employee object appers as a whole
zed0547last year
Depending on the context it may be a number Id or an employee

Payload doesn't know I'm advance
rnbsovlast year
oh thanks
zed0547last year
It also depends on access controls and depth
rnbsovlast year
I don't know context where this could be employee object

hmm
zed0547last year
Well it's not necessarily up to yoy to decide, it's Payload who will decide when and where, we should account for both cases

Generally, in hooks it will always be an ID though

For performance
rnbsovlast year
pretty tricky moment, but thanks now I know how to write hooks properly

will keep in mind this quirk

interesting

strange thing

tried to log it

but nothing seems to appear in the console

and in browser console too

ugh
zed0547last year
Have you added it to hooks in your collection?

hooks.beforeChange: [getEmployeeName]
rnbsovlast year

sure
zed0547last year
Is there an employee set before you save?
rnbsovlast year
yep

in the Employee column, it references its name properly

I also don't understand why loggin is not working

seems like this hook is not called

oh wait

maybe this is because this entry was created before employeeName hidden field was added?

this might be the case right?
zed0547last year
Try making a new one
rnbsovlast year
it works!

ugh

I bit upsetting, because I might encounter with it in the future again

how do I rerun hooks on the previous entries?

if I would need it just in case
zed0547last year
Just go into them, change something, revert the change and save
rnbsovlast year
oh

alright
zed0547last year
You can also just call an empty update on them via apis
rnbsovlast year
not sure I know how

just call some put method?
zed0547last year
Yep
rnbsovlast year
oh okay

so is there a way to make it more convinient?

hide project field, make it default be the project where user came from maybe

I also don't think modal suits this task, but I don't know if payload have other options

@654031862146007055
I'm sorry, I need your advice please
zed0547last year
so is there a way to make it more convinient?
It sounds like a bug to me honestly, but are you clicking the '+' or the edit icon next to a doc?

One way would be to hide the field, then use a custom component to get the doc id of the currently open doc and populate it using react hooks

It's a Drawer component that opens btw
rnbsovlast year
I was clicking the plus icon
zed0547last year
Hmm, maybe open an issue with a reproduction on GH

Might get looked at, I feel like it should open with a reference to the currently editted doc
rnbsovlast year
edit icon
zed0547last year
But maybe not idk
rnbsovlast year
plus icon

and yeah, now I see that's a drawer

may I send you the whole code?

zip it and send
zed0547last year
But for what?

This is expected behavior right now afaik
rnbsovlast year
ugh

hmm

that's sounds hard
zed0547last year
Shouldn't be too bad

I suppose it depends on your comfort level with React
rnbsovlast year
hide what field?

you mean replace it with a custom select component?
zed0547last year
The project field, no need to replace

No need to hide technically either

Can use a UI field type for this
rnbsovlast year
hm

I know how to get the path segments using a hook

I don't understand where should I add this type field

in what collection?

projects?
zed0547last year
Whatever collection this drawer opens
rnbsovlast year
okay, it opens the
ProjectAssignments
collection

and here project field already have type of relationship
zed0547last year
Ok, so you want it to be auto populated if you're coming from an existing project and click the '+' right?

So the ui field would grab the current project id, if any, and assign it to that relationship field
rnbsovlast year
exactly

hmm, so I need new hidden field
zed0547last year
Doesn't need to be a new hidden field
rnbsovlast year
and where should I write the logic
zed0547last year
In a UI type field custom component

https://payloadcms.com/docs/fields/ui
rnbsovlast year
it seems like I need to do something like this

but it should return empty component

with running hook, that alter project field value, right?

I wonder is there any example of similar thing implemented

Don't know how to change project field inside of a hook, after I get the id of a project from the current url
zed0547last year
Your field definition is wrong

https://payloadcms.com/docs/fields/ui#example

I'm also talking about doing it with
React
hooks not Payload hooks

You pass a path to a custom component

Not a React Element
rnbsovlast year
yeah, I understand that\

via path

as always in payload

I just wrote it this way for example

so I will have my custom component

but how to alter project field value inside of it
zed0547last year
I encourage you to read through the docs here:
https://payloadcms.com/docs/admin/react-hooks#useformfields
rnbsovlast year
thanks!

that was all I need

thank you a lot!

really

you helped me figure payload out as no one else
zed0547last year
My pleasure, truly
rnbsovlast year
actually
zed0547last year
Have some fun with it
rnbsovlast year
I would like to become contributor too

but I don't know where to start

payload codebase seems to be very complex
zed0547last year
My honest recommendation here is to start learning Payload as best you can. Then answer questions on Discord from users
rnbsovlast year
such big projects source code looks very overwhelming and daunting
zed0547last year
And then when you are comfortable enough, then start diving into the codebase

Discord questions will naturally make you search the codebase for answers

After you get comfortable doing that, start trying to reproduce issues in GH and finding fixes for them
rnbsovlast year
okay, I will try to figure payload through docs as much as I can
zed0547last year
This is how I started tbh
rnbsovlast year
interesting

thank you !
zed0547last year
Of course!
rnbsovlast year
best wishes!

Open

Continue the discussion in Discord

Star on GitHub

Star

Chat on Discord

Discord

online

Can't find what you're looking for?

Get dedicated engineering support directly from the Payload team.