topic Adding custom property to Person/User in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-custom-property-to-person-user/m-p/144266#M100895 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Hello!</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'm trying to add a new property to users/people in Alfresco and customising the Web Client to support it.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>As I've read in </SPAN><A href="http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1665" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1665</A><SPAN>, there is currently no way to customise declaratively the NewUserWizard as with other wizards through Property Sheets. ¿Am I right?</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I'd appreciate if someone could show me any way to do this or comment the approach I explain below. Thanks </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I've tried the following approach, which works, but it's highly "invasive":</SPAN><BR /><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First I created "my.custom.UserWizard" which extends. "org.alfresco.web.bean.wizard.NewUserWizard" </SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />….<BR />&lt;managed-bean&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;description&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The bean that backs up the New User Wizard<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;/description&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-name&gt;NewUserWizard&lt;/managed-bean-name&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-class&gt;my.custom.UserWizard&lt;/managed-bean-class&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-bean-scope&gt;session&lt;/managed-bean-scope&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt;managed-property&gt;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; …..<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><BR /><SPAN>and added there a new property:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />private Boolean myProp = null;<BR />static final QName PROP_MYPROP = QName.createQName(<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NamespaceService.CONTENT_MODEL_1_0_URI, "myProp");&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Redefined some methods:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>First </SPAN><STRONG>init()</STRONG><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />super.init();<BR />this.myProp=false;<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>Then </SPAN><STRONG>populate()</STRONG><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />super.populate();<BR />// set values for edit mode<BR />Map&lt;String, Object&gt; props = getPerson().getProperties();<BR />this.myProp = (Boolean) props.get("myProp");<BR /><SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>And finally </SPAN><STRONG>finish()</STRONG><SPAN>:</SPAN><BR /><PRE class="language-none line-numbers"><CODE><BR />String outcome = super.finish();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (outcome == null)<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return null;<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;outcome = FINISH_OUTCOME;<BR />UserTransaction tx = null;<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;try {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FacesContext context = FacesContext.getCurrentInstance();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tx = Repository.getUserTransaction(context);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tx.begin();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// update the existing node in the repository<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if(this.editMode){<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NodeRef nodeRef = getPerson().getNodeRef();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this.nodeService.setProperty(nodeRef, PROP_MYPROP, this.myProp);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}else{<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NodeRef person =this.personService.getPerson(this.getUserName());<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;this.nodeService.setProperty(person, PROP_MYPROP, this.myProp);<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// commit the transaction<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tx.commit();<BR /><BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// reset the richlist component so it rebinds to the users list<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;invalidateUserList();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} catch (Throwable e) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;// rollback the transaction<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;try {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (tx != null) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;tx.rollback();<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} catch (Exception tex) {<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<BR />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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&lt;type&gt;d:boolean&lt;/type&gt;<BR />&lt;/property&gt;<SPAN class="line-numbers-rows"><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN><SPAN>‍</SPAN></SPAN></CODE></PRE><BR /><SPAN>I don't like this approach because I'd like all the properties of a person to be edited/created in the same transaction, and not having to deal with Faces Navigation issues if one transaction success and the other fails.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>I don't like neither changing </SPAN><STRONG>contentModel.xml</STRONG><SPAN> nor depending on </SPAN><STRONG>person-properties.jsp</STRONG><SPAN> as I'd like to pack this changes into an AMP and installing it on an alfresco.war (with the possibility of upgrading the war!)</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:52:23 GMT albertomv 2007-11-23T11:52:23Z Adding custom property to Person/User https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-custom-property-to-person-user/m-p/144266#M100895 Hello!I'm trying to add a new property to users/people in Alfresco and customising the Web Client to support it.As I've read in http://issues.alfresco.com/browse/AWC-1665, there is currently no way to customise declaratively the NewUserWizard as with other wizards through Property Sheets. ¿Am I r Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:52:23 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-custom-property-to-person-user/m-p/144266#M100895 albertomv 2007-11-23T11:52:23Z Re: Adding custom property to Person/User https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-custom-property-to-person-user/m-p/144267#M100896 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Some of this support has now been added in the latest 2.9B release. There is an expanded Person model and the ability to add custom properties.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thanks,</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Kevin</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:47:42 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/adding-custom-property-to-person-user/m-p/144267#M100896 kevinr 2007-12-14T10:47:42Z