Inbound Messages Admin: Can I Customize Columns or Fields?

  • Is there a way to customize what columns display in the Inbound Messages admin view? For example, for the most used form on my site, the subject is a hidden field which has the same value for all submissions. The value is the name of the form.

    In the Admin list I see very limited information:

    • Subject: ExampleName
    • From: UserName
    • Channel: Contact Form 7/ExampleName
    • Date: min ago

    I would like to add a new column or two dedicated to information that varies per submission, such as the URL of the page which it was submitted from, etc. This is data I am already collecting, but I have to open each message individually to see it.

    A similar question was posted by thatwastaxing a year ago and is marked resolved but I see no answer: Show other fields in Inbound Messages admin columns?

    Your help is greatly appreciated.
    Thanks

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  • there is always a way… if you dig into the code & modify it

    but then that will get overwritten every time the plugin updates, unless you can add a filter or companion plugin?

    i assume it’s unlikely you’re comfortable with coding up your own solution, so maybe someone can figure it out, could even become a new feature of the plugin if takayuki adds it

    i probably would figure it out eventually, but i’m in the middle of finishing up a site these days

    EDIT: i’m thinking you might be able to change the ‘channel’ data right now very easily

    in the CF7 additional settings, you could try adding flamingo_channel: [urlfieldfromcf7] (adjust the field [name] of course)

    I want to do something very similar to the OP with one change. I don’t mind my revised code getting overwritten since I keep multiple backups of my site and can simply re-implement negated functions.

    My current setup is Contact Form 7, Contact Form 7 – Dynamic Text Extension, and Flamingo.

    I used the Dynamic Text Extension to pull data from posts containing contact forms. I would like Flamingo to pull this field to be visible in a new column of the bank of inbound messages.

    Currently, I need to open each form within the inbound messages bank or export Flamingo’s inbound messages (including content) and filter through the content field within Excel in order to find the dynamic data I’m using for reports.

    The specific dynamic field I want to pull into it’s own column of the inbound messages bank is [dynamictext-493]

    kn00tcn, I followed your lead in your post above by using the code below, but no new column was generated with content from the dynamic text field

    flamingo_channel:[dynamictext-493]

    I also tried
    flamingo_inbound_channel:[dynamictext-493]

    One thought I had (but not sure how to accomplish without some direction) is to change the subject field to the dynamic text field. I don’t use the subject field in my forms so the entire subject column displays [your-subject].

    @keepulookin: If you require assistance then, as per the Forum Welcome, please post your own topic instead of tagging onto someone else’s topic.

    I created my own post here:

    https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/addingcustomizing-flamingo-inbound-message-columns?replies=1#post-5436991

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