Support for multiple actions (delete, setvalue, getcount, etc)

[JoeMurray]

The documentation indicates that the plugins provide support for updates and inserts. When synchronizing data stores it is often necessary to remove records from the second system if they have been removed from the first. would be nice to have this on the roadmap for a future version.

[elcapo]

Totally agree! We may create a third step called CiviCRM Delete. It would be almost like the CiviCRM Output step, but it would only have a filter and the action would always be delete. Isn't it?

I'll try to include it for our first revision of the plugin, in January! :-)

Thanks for the idea!

[tttp]

@elcapo

Probably more versatile to expose the action (create by default) so it could be set to delete or setvalue or whatever needed.

Or if not too much duplicate, add a "CiviCRM setvalue" step if you prefer hardcoded actions.

A related issue on civicrm input: I often create getdetails, getfull getbla actions that are a wrapper around a big sql "select tons,of,fields FROM half,the,tables,of,the,planet"

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[elcapo]

I'll finally leave this enhancement for v1.2, because I liked Xavier's approach but I need to think a little bit more about how to implement it. Probably adding a "Action" select in the output step, and filling it with the options available as described by the corresponding getactions API call.

I need to think about how that would affect other functionalities that we're planning for the output step (for instance #6, #9, #12). Doesn't look incompatible functionalities, anyway. But I'll need some extra time to think about it. Ideas are welcome!