Make it easier to add specific attributes

[markshust]

For example, to add a new quote customer_address attribute, right now you must create an installer script and modify everyplace that attribute is supposed to show up. Would be nice if there was a backend tool to create these attributes, and you could dynamically place them where they are supposed to be (for example in this case, a new quote customer_address attribute should show up on checkout in the address area of the template).

[magento-team]

Hello. Isn't it the customer/customer address attribute management that is available as part of Enteprise Edition functionality?

[markshust]

Somewhat, but with more options and for every possible model object/entity.

For example, I can't define custom input validation rules, and am missing a few options that I have control over when programmatically creating an attribute such as
'type' => 'varchar',
'visible' => true,
'unique' => false,
'sort_order' => 75,
'position' => 75,
'is_user_defined' => 1,
'is_system' => 0,

Would be nice to have an 'attributes manager' of some sort with it's own section where I have full control over all of these aspects and can define it for all possible objects, and then possibly export setup scripts for module use based on the created attribute values.

[magento-team]

Hello. Ok - this makes sense. We are working on a long-term plan how to support such use cases in a more general way (hopefully without putting EAV everywhere :). If you have any suggestion how to implement it, please share with us here.

[magento-team]

Closing the issue due to lack of recent activity.