VirtualField

VirtualField DocType definition.

Attributes:
    name: Unique identifier for this VirtualField.

Source: doctype.py

Fields

Field	Type	Required	Description	Validators
name	str		Unique identifier	-
field_type	str		Python data type	-
required	bool		Is field required	-
default	None		Default value	-

Permissions

Role	Create	Delete	Read	Write
All	✓	✓	✓	✓

Configuration

Setting	Value
Submittable	False
Track Changes	True

Controller

Controller hooks are implemented in *_controller.py files. Available lifecycle hooks:

• validate() - Called before save, raise exceptions for validation errors
• before_insert() - Called before inserting a new document
• after_insert() - Called after successfully inserting
• before_save() - Called before saving (insert or update)
• after_save() - Called after saving
• before_delete() - Called before deleting
• after_delete() - Called after deleting