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Possible to extend an entity to add more fields?

Shaun Budhram

January 04, 2011 23:18

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Is there a way to 'subclass' a task to add more specific fields?  We're having the issue where 'Task' is great as a general entity for things, but if we have an FX-specific element, like fog for instance, we want to add more filterable fields to the task for tracking purposes.  We could add these to the Task entity, but then ALL tasks would carry these around. 

I've looked at Task Templates, but it seems like they're essentially groupings of many Tasks.  Is there any way to extend the Task class?

 

Thank you!

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  Ben Hadden January 19, 2011 04:04

  @Shaun

  We're planning to support Project-specific fields down the road, which would allow you to create fields that are only visible on the Project they're assigned to.  That would let multiple departments create new fields as they saw fit without cluttering the global list.

  What are you linking your FX Tasks to?  The Shot?  Let me know a bit more about the data you'll be associating to the Task and we can brainstorm ways to handle this with the tools Shotgun has now.