How stop saving in before_save logichook

Hi Shreya,

The best path IMO would be to stop script execution on the server with an API exception. Preventing a save from happening in any other way usually leads to bigger problems in one way or another from my experience.

throw new \SugarApiExceptionError('Duplicate record found!');

I would do my best to avoid this scenario by adding some kind of UI validation to prevent the save process from even starting if a duplicate is found. You can accomplish this with field validation by making a request to the server to check if the record already exists when a user clicks the save button:

https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_13.0/Cookbook/Adding_Field_Validation_to_the_Record_View/index.html

My company also offers a plugin call Deduplicate which allows an administrator to define rules and prevent record creation if duplicates are found if that is something you might be interested in:

https://upsertconsulting.com/plugins/deduplicate/

Hope this helps!

Hi Shreya,

The best path IMO would be to stop script execution on the server with an API exception. Preventing a save from happening in any other way usually leads to bigger problems in one way or another from my experience.

throw new \SugarApiExceptionError('Duplicate record found!');

I would do my best to avoid this scenario by adding some kind of UI validation to prevent the save process from even starting if a duplicate is found. You can accomplish this with field validation by making a request to the server to check if the record already exists when a user clicks the save button:

https://support.sugarcrm.com/Documentation/Sugar_Developer/Sugar_Developer_Guide_13.0/Cookbook/Adding_Field_Validation_to_the_Record_View/index.html

My company also offers a plugin call Deduplicate which allows an administrator to define rules and prevent record creation if duplicates are found if that is something you might be interested in:

https://upsertconsulting.com/plugins/deduplicate/

Hope this helps!

Hi Jerry Clark, 

just curious about the "leads to bigger problems"... would you say the same about stopping a save from the view controller?

FrancescaS

Throwing an error does not seem to stop the save action anymore in Sugar 13.0.3. I am getting an error in the sugar logs, but the record is still being saved. Anyone having a solution for this?