Make an exisiting filed not mandatory

Hi ​@claudematherne24 

You can achieve this by, Create a DAC Extension for the table (likely FixedAsset or a related asset class/table).In the extension, override the DepartmentID field and remove or change the [PXDefault] attribute.

Here is the sample code.

[PXMergeAttributes(Method = MergeMethod.Replace)]
[PXDBString(10, IsUnicode = true)]
[PXUIField(DisplayName = "Department")]
[PXSelector(typeof(Search<Department.departmentID>))]
public virtual string DepartmentID { get; set; }
protected virtual void DepartmentTableName_DepartmentID_CacheAttached(PXCache sender)
{
}

Hi ​@claudematherne24,

• Override the Department field and use the following code snippet:

[PXRemoveBaseAttribute(typeof(PXDefaultAttribute))]

• This will remove the base PXDefaultAttribute, making the Department field non-mandatory.

Hope, it helps!

Hi ​@claudematherne24,

• Override the Department field and use the following code snippet:

[PXRemoveBaseAttribute(typeof(PXDefaultAttribute))]

• This will remove the base PXDefaultAttribute, making the Department field non-mandatory.

Hope, it helps!

I needed something similar, but that didn’t work fully.

I ended up going into Edit Attribute and selecting the true/false for required.  

It wrote this to the box:
[PXDBString(40, IsUnicode = true)]
[PXUIField(DisplayName = "Customer Order Nbr.", Visibility = PXUIVisibility.SelectorVisible, Required = false)]

The red asterisk (*) is an indicator that the field is required, but will NOT actually require anything. The ‘Required’ field of PXUIFieldAttribute ([PXUIField(Required = true)]) is what controls this indicator.

PXDefaultAttribute ([PXDefault]) is what controls whether a field must be filled, but it does not give the UI indicator.

Thank you everyone for the information.