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[Resolved] Warning: Toolset only allow fields with names containing lowercase alphanumerica

This support ticket is created 3 years, 9 months ago. There's a good chance that you are reading advice that it now obsolete.

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Last updated by nealM 3 years, 9 months ago.

Assisted by: Shane.

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#2007447
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Tell us what you are trying to do? I'm getting a warning that says I am trying to use fields that Toolset doesn't allow. Can you help me find the place where these fields are set?

Is there any documentation that you are following? No

Is there a similar example that we can see? I don't think so.

What is the link to your site? hidden link

#2007601

Shane
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)

Hi Neal,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Unfortunately i'm not able to understand much about this issue from the screenshot you've provided.

Can you provide me with the step by step instructions on what you are doing so that I can understand the full context of the issue ?

Thanks,
Shane

#2007625

In my Toolset > Custom Fields Group there is a button called "Post Field Control". If I click on it I get a new section called "Post Field Control". Towards the bottom of the fields and field group... table, a yellow warning appears and says :
"Toolset Types only allow fields with names containing lowercase alphanumeric characters, dashes and underscores. The following third party fields are not supported: NONUM, NUMTEST1, NUMTEST2, Numéro, NuméroBETA, Payment type, PayPal Transaction Fee "
So my question is : Where can I fix this problem, how are the fields accessed? The fact that they are third party may keep you from helping me but I still want to try 🙂

#2007743

Shane
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Languages: English (English )

Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)

Hi Neal,

Thank you for the clarity, I suspect the issue is that you want to bring fields under Types control.

Where can I fix this problem, how are the fields accessed? The fact that they are third party may keep you from helping me but I still want to try

I suspect the reason for this is because of how the slugs for the fields are generated, on this screen the slugs would present themselves as NONUM, NUMTEST1, NUMTEST2, Numéro, NuméroBETA, Payment type, PayPal Transaction Fee

In order for the fields to work with Types the slugs must be formatted as the error depicted. The way to fix this is by changing the slugs so they match the expected format, however this will undoubtedly break the function of the original plugin that generated these fields.

Not much else I can do on this one.

Thanks,
Shane

#2007751

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!