How to edit core doctypes like DocType or User?

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@washcyclist

What’s the recommended way to create a role permission for a custom app’s roles on an existing doctype (like Customer or Item)?

You can export the role permission using the bench export-fixtures

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How to Export Custom created solution to import on another system

Hi @Gaurav1, I think, you should create a custom app and add a hook.py fixtures = [{ "doctype": "Custom Field", }, { "doctype": "Property Setter", }, { "doctype": "Server Script", }, { "doctype": "Client Script", }, { "doctype": "Workflow Action Master", }, { "doctype": "Workflow State", }, { "doctype": "Workflow", }, { "doctype": "Assignment Rule", }, ] Then apply …

@washcyclist

What’s the recommended way for a custom app to add a field to an existing doctype (like Customer)?

You can add the custom field in the customer and export it using the bench export-fixtures, but if you want to add the custom field in the this doctype then you have to follow the process that i provided in the above post.