Unable to override Category entity on Akeneo 3 due to hard-coded form type

[peleq-smile]

Hi,

I'm trying to override Category entity to add a new property, using Akeneo CE 3.0.10, and I have some troubles to do it.

I'm following official documentation, more or less because I know it's not always up-to-date.

I did override Category class, that's OK, but override of the Category form is not possible.
That's logic because I've just noticed that the parameter pim_enrich.form.type.category.class doesn't exist anymore ! The used Form Type (Akeneo\Pim\Enrichment\Bundle\Form\Type\CategoryType) is now hard-coded 👎 into this two YAML files :

• Akeneo/Pim/Enrichment/Bundle/Resources/config/form_types.yml
• Akeneo/Pim/Enrichment/Bundle/Resources/config/controllers.yml

... whereas in Akeneo 2 it was OK !

There is another issue about extending Category entity : #9833, I have no idea if this is linked or not.

Could you please fix this very shortly ?

Rgds,
Perrine

[peleq-smile]

Hi,

To go forward, I updated both files by using a parameter for the class (in vendor, please don't judge me so fast... this is just for a training not a real project ^^), to be able to override it and it works.

But after that I was unable to add an MediaType form element for my new "image" property of a category, but this is another problem. I guess it's possible but I just don't know how to do that because there is no other sample of MediaType property with the "old twig front" system into Akeneo :'

BR,
Perrine

[fodie]

Hi @peleq-smile,
How did you resolve the issue? I am new to symfony

[ghost]

Hi @peleq-smile,
I had the same issue with customized category entity when upgrading from 2.3.x to 3.0.x.
As of now it doesn't work following the guide from the official docs https://docs.akeneo.com/3.0/manipulate_pim_data/category/add_new_properties_to_a_category.html#define-the-category-form. As a quick fix I decided to override the service definition of the controller within my own bundle (e.g. in Resources/config/controllers.yml) using the parameterized FormType class (for which you probably have an override in place - following the docs):

    pim_enrich.controller.category_tree.product:
        class: 'Akeneo\Pim\Enrichment\Bundle\Controller\Ui\CategoryTreeController'
        arguments:
            - '@event_dispatcher'
            - '@pim_user.context.user'
            - '@pim_catalog.saver.category'
            - '@pim_catalog.remover.category'
            - '@pim_catalog.factory.category'
            - '@pim_catalog.repository.category'
            - '@oro_security.security_facade'
            - { related_entity: product, form_type: '%pim_enrich.form.type.category.class%', acl: pim_enrich_product, route: pim_enrich }
            - '@pimee_security.repository.category_access'
            - '@security.token_storage'
        calls:
            - [ setContainer, [ '@service_container' ] ]

make sure that the yml-file is properly loaded in Your\Custom\Bundle\DependencyInjection\Extension.php:

    public function load(array $configs, ContainerBuilder $container)
    {
        $loader = new Loader\YamlFileLoader($container, new FileLocator(__DIR__.'/../Resources/config'));
        $loader->load("controllers.yml");
        [load your other configs...]
    }

[Doodoune]

Hi @peleq-smile!

We release a new fix of our documentation. It contains a fix for the "how to add a new property to a category" page.

https://docs.akeneo.com/3.0/manipulate_pim_data/category/add_new_properties_to_a_category.html

Please, clean your browser cache to show the new version.

Regards,