Custom Fields Jiwa 6 vs Jiwa 7

[SBarnes]

Hi Guys,

In Jiwa 6 when you wanted to create custom fields you used and SQL script to do so, these scripts don't exist in Jiwa 7 as this can now be done through the user interface of the plugins, however I have a situation where I need to take the custom fields from a Jiwa 6 database and put them into a Jiwa 7 database for another customer so that I can use some stored procedures that are used for reporting etc that work of the IDs of the custom fields.

Can I use the Jiwa 6 scripts to do this or is there a set for version 7 somewhere that I've missed, if not what am I going to need to know to write the scripts by hand to do this?

[Mike.Sheen]

Hi Guys,

In Jiwa 6 when you wanted to create custom fields you used and SQL script to do so, these scripts don't exist in Jiwa 7 as this can now be done through the user interface of the plugins, however I have a situation where I need to take the custom fields from a Jiwa 6 database and put them into a Jiwa 7 database for another customer so that I can use some stored procedures that are used for reporting etc that work of the IDs of the custom fields.

Can I use the Jiwa 6 scripts to do this or is there a set for version 7 somewhere that I've missed, if not what am I going to need to know to write the scripts by hand to do this?

When you upgrade a Version 6 database to Version 7, the custom fields are all attached to a plugin named "Legacy Pre-Version 7 Plugin". If you look at the custom fields tab of the plugin you can then Move or Copy the custom fields to another plugin.

So, in your case you could:

• Upgrade a throwaway copy version of the version 6 database
• Login and move the desired custom fields to a new plugin
• Export that plugin to XML
• Import that plugin into your other customers version 7 database.

[SBarnes]

Hi Mike,

Didn't think of that but should work.

As always thanks for the help.