Inheriting Entry attributes without enabling Multisite?

[sbrow]

I think it's really useful to have the ability to inherit properties from other Entries, but override them when needed.

This is possible when using the multi-site feature, but seems to be tightly restricted to that use case. I've tried getting around it on a single site install by setting origin manually on the entry and adding localizable: true to the blueprint fields, and although this almost works, it breaks when I try to use an Entries field to make origin dynamic.

Is there any way to inherit Entry attributes from other Entries on a single site install? If not, would the team be amenable to adding it in the future?

For context, I am using the simple-commerce addon, and attempting to add Subscription functionality on top. Each order has a billing address and a shipping address, and I'd like for each subscription to inherit those values from the order that created them, unless the subscriber updates the subscription, at which point the default must be overridden.

Thank you :)

[edalzell]

That's not possible right now, and sounds like a feature request for Simple Commerce to set the collection used for orders. Then you could make your own collection and SC would use it.

[sbrow]

That's not possible right now

That's unfortunate to hear. I'd love to see it in Statamic 5+, as the ability to automagically inherit attributes from other Entries has (IMO) a lot of applications outside of multi-site and the use-case I outlined. Maybe down the line I could try to open a PR for this, but at the moment I'm under a bit of a time crunch.

Either way, thanks for the prompt response and awesome product!

[jasonvarga]

You could make a subscription computed value on the orders collection.

https://statamic.dev/computed-values

[sbrow]

Thank you! I was hoping origin would work, since it'd be a lot simpler, but at the moment I think I'm looking at adding a bunch of computed values :)