Create customer from backend

[PubliAlex]

Hello,

When you create a new user using the backend, it's not related to the Customer model used by mall.

As a result, each time Mall try to retrieve the customer model, it display an error, for example the "my account" page :

Argument 1 passed to OFFLINE\Mall\Models\Order::byCustomer() must be an instance of OFFLINE\Mall\Models\Customer, null given, called in /httpdocs/plugins/offline/mall/components/OrdersList.php on line 69

I can understand that the creation of a new user does not systematically create a new customer, can be useful on specific cases, but, at least, we should have an option on the user form to create the corresponding mall customer

Best regards,

[chrisvidal]

If you know how to develop, it is quite easy to code. Listening to the create event on the model RainLab.User then create a new customer and attach it to the user. Should be working. But the customer model will miss the addresses which could be an issue later on.

[PubliAlex]

@chrisvidal thank you, even if I don't like that, I think I will use the default signup component from mall. I don't really understand why a customer model was created instead of extending the user model (probably a good reason), but I don't have time to investigate at the moment

[chrisvidal]

@PubliAlex I had a similar issue with a client who wanted to import a bunch of customers, by company and associate them with customer groups to give them specific discounts.

I already build a Mall Extensions plugin available on the marketplace, I might add in the short term this feature: Bulk import user/customer in MALL.

[chocolata]

Hi @SamBrishes , do you maybe have an idea if the fix for this will be published on the short term?

[SamBrishes]

Hi @chocolata,

Well, I'll try to add / fix this in v3.2.2, which should hopefully be released next week.

Sincerely,
Sam.

[chocolata]

Thank you so much!