Add isInactive to FieldMetadata decorator

[FelixMalfait]

Context

It's currently possible to enable/disable fields.
That will be reflected on the isActive column in the fieldMetadata table of the metadata schema.

We're about to create new columns for standard objects (e.g. "description" column on company)
But we don't want to create too many columns or pollute existing workspace with column people didn't ask for.
So we need to adapt the decorator for this (fields will be created by disabled by default).

Implementation

We should allow for a new decorator parameter on the FieldMetadata decorator:

  @FieldMetadata({
   type: FieldMetadataType.TEXT,
   label: 'Name',
   description: 'The company name',
   icon: 'IconBuildingSkyscraper',
   isActive: false
 })

It could also be its own decorator @isInactive but I feel like it would mean it's always inactive like isNullable or isSystem, while label, description, icon etc are already also values that can be edited by the user.

@magrinj what option do you prefer between the two?

[Kanav-Arora]

Hi @FelixMalfait
Please assign me this issue and could you please tell me which dir should I explore first? Sorry its my first backend issue soon I'll get comfortable with it like frontend

[FelixMalfait]

Sure @Kanav-Arora you should look at field-metadata.decorator.ts as a starting point!

[magrinj]

@FelixMalfait Sorry for the delay, I didn't see the ping on this ticket, adding @IsInactive decorator sounds good to me if by default they are active, but it's maybe more readable adding it to the @FieldMetadata decorator for now