Customer autoname method

scrum · July 20, 2017, 12:15pm

Hi,
Why does the Customer DocType require a specific implementation of autoname ?

frappe/erpnext/blob/develop/erpnext/selling/doctype/customer/customer.py

# Copyright (c) 2015, Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Contributors
# License: GNU General Public License v3. See license.txt


import json

import frappe
import frappe.defaults
from frappe import _, msgprint, qb
from frappe.contacts.address_and_contact import (
	delete_contact_and_address,
	load_address_and_contact,
)
from frappe.desk.reportview import build_match_conditions, get_filters_cond
from frappe.model.mapper import get_mapped_doc
from frappe.model.naming import set_name_by_naming_series, set_name_from_naming_options
from frappe.model.rename_doc import update_linked_doctypes
from frappe.utils import cint, cstr, flt, get_formatted_email, today
from frappe.utils.user import get_users_with_role

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Moreso, this method just seems to assign customer_name value to name. I require to have the name field with autogenerated IDs, so at the moment I have just commented out the Customer.autoname method and it works fine.

But I would want to know what the intention was and if I could run into other problems. Also is there a way of disabling this local method say with a fixture rather than hacking the ERPNext app code ?

Scrum

makarand_b · July 20, 2017, 12:23pm

Customer can be stored by customer_name or by naming series, You can set the customer naming from selling settings

autoname method in customer.py checks the settings and set the name based on its naming

Set Customer Naming By naming series

scrum · July 20, 2017, 12:29pm

Precisely what I needed, thanks a bunch @makarand_b