Ticket Field events on read only fields

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  • Eric Nelson
    Zendesk Developer Advocacy
    Hey Ronald,

    You could accomplish this by creating a small app using our apps framework. I've went ahead and built a small example application where you can see how to accomplish this. You'll need to expand on this so that it takes into account your multiple fields, but should get you started. Feel free to check it out here.
     
    Hope this helps,
     

     
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  • Ron McClung

    I see where in the Manifest you change the properties of a field.  Perhaps I did not clearly state what I meant.  The agent will be entering data into the fields in question.  Once that is done, I need to lock down the fields so that they don't get inadvertently changed (which apparently happens during the life cycle of the ticket).  So it would be nice to lock them down after initial data entry and only allow editing when an extra step is done (like pressing a button or double clicking on the read only field)...

    Can you maybe explain how your app helps in that way?

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  • Eric Nelson
    Zendesk Developer Advocacy

    Hi Ronald, 

    I'm not sure what you're referring to in the manifest file, but the application follows the workflow you outlined.When an agent creates a ticket, they can input into the field as expected. Any other time they need to click the "Enable Field" button to be able to type. I've went ahead and added some screen recordings showcasing the functionality in the readme of the repository.

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  • Ron McClung

    My mistake.  I did not look directly into the Iframe file.  Thanks, I will look it over.

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  • Eric Nelson
    Zendesk Developer Advocacy
    No worries Ronald, let us know if you have any questions.
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  • Ron McClung

    Ok, I have a working local version, thank you very much. 

    The struggle I have now is deploying to sandbox and storing the IDs for the fields.  It's currently in a settings.yml file but I am little confused about where this data resides on the host side

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  • Ron McClung

    Additionally I am getting 

    validate Unsupported MIME types detected in node_modules/acorn-jsx/node_modules/acorn/bin/update_authors.sh, node_modules/babel-polyfill/scripts/build-dist.sh, node_modules/buffer/bin/update-authors.sh, node_modules/constants-browserify/build.sh, node_modules/exit/test/fixtures/create-files.sh, node_modules/watch/release.sh.

    When I validate.  How do I go about fixing that?

     

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  • Eric Nelson
    Zendesk Developer Advocacy

    Hey Ronald,

    In a production environment these would be input from the settings page (which is built off the information provided in the manifest file) of your application once installed. For my app it looks like this:


    As for the validation issue. The app I provided doesn't use any node modules. If you're getting this issue for that repo, I'd assume you're running the command against the wrong directory.  

    Have a wonderful day!

    Eric Nelson
    Senior Manager, Developer Advocacy

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  • Ron McClung

    OK, got it

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