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[Resolved] Repeatable field group for a user fields

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Last updated by puneetS-3 5 years, 6 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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#1297647

Tell us what you are trying to do?
I have a user type (role: parent) which will kids as a field. Now a single parent can have multiple kids. I am trying to add repeatable field group to this user using this https://toolset.com/documentation/getting-started-with-toolset/creating-and-displaying-repeatable-field-groups/#creating-repeatable-field-groups Its written under point no.2 that "Select the type of the field group you want to create: post, user, or term fields." If I choose user I cannot see repeatable field group. What am I doing wrong here?

Is there any documentation that you are following?

Is there a similar example that we can see?

What is the link to your site?

#1297775

Hi, I apologize for the inaccurate information you see there. It is actually not possible to use RFG directly in a User profile like this, for the same reason it is not possible to create Toolset Post Relationships between Users and posts. It looks like the documentation was updated incorrectly. I will ask our documentation team to get clarification and correct this document as needed.

As an alternative, you can use a "proxy" user post type instead. Create a custom post type that represents Users, and create one post per User. Make each User the author of his or her corresponding post. Now you can create parametric search Views for Users (by proxy), and implement post relationships with Users (by proxy). We have more information about this technique available here: https://toolset.com/documentation/post-relationships/how-to-create-custom-searches-and-relationships-for-users/

Let me know if you have questions about this alternate setup.

#1298267

I guess I know how to setup proxy user. I will try that.
If stuck anywhere I will open a new ticket.

By the way thanks for clearing the confusion and editing the documentation.