[Solved] What's the best way to allow changing reference doc in Auto Repeat

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Sometimes we may want to change the invoice content in an autorepeat.

The system filters “is not an auto repeat” in the selection field. This means we cant use a later invoice to “update” the invoice content in an auto repeat. Even if we create a new auto-repeat docType, the refence Sales invoice would’ve been created by auto-repeat and not allowed.

How best to override ERPnext’s implementation on the filter for reference_doc in Auto Repeat? Current filter in auto_repeat.js “Auto Repeate = Empty” as seen in lines 13-19 here.

Currently, I have to use a database client to manually modify the field. This should not be necessary and is a poor user experience.

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Untested, but something like this should work:

frm.set_query("reference_document", { filters:[] })

Usual caveats to use with caution. This may create data structures different from what ERPNext expects.

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I’m just realizing this is not an issue. While the filter for reference_document is too restrictive, there are no validations to prevent me from typing/pasting another document (even if it was created via auto repeat).