Customer User Preferences Module

There is a DB customer-user preferences module which come with the OTOBO framework. It is also possible to develop your own customer-user preferences modules. The customer-user preferences modules are located under Kernel/System/CustomerUser/Preferences/*.pm. For more information about their configuration see the admin manual. Following, there is an example of a customer-user preferences module. Save it under Kernel/System/CustomerUser/Preferences/Custom.pm. You just need 4 functions: new(), SearchPreferences(), SetPreferences() and GetPreferences().

Customer User Preferences Module Code Example

The interface class is called Kernel::System::CustomerUser. The example customer-user preferences may be called Kernel::System::CustomerUser::Preferences::Custom. You can find an example below.

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package Kernel::System::CustomerUser::Preferences::Custom;

use strict;
use warnings;

use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);

sub new {
    my ( $Type, %Param ) = @_;

    # allocate new hash for object
    my $Self = {};
    bless( $Self, $Type );

    # check needed objects
    for my $Object (qw(DBObject ConfigObject LogObject)) {
        $Self->{$Object} = $Param{$Object} || die "Got no $Object!";
    }

    # preferences table data
    $Self->{PreferencesTable} = $Self->{ConfigObject}->Get('CustomerPreferences')->{Params}->{Table}
        || 'customer_preferences';
    $Self->{PreferencesTableKey}
        = $Self->{ConfigObject}->Get('CustomerPreferences')->{Params}->{TableKey}
        || 'preferences_key';
    $Self->{PreferencesTableValue}
        = $Self->{ConfigObject}->Get('CustomerPreferences')->{Params}->{TableValue}
        || 'preferences_value';
    $Self->{PreferencesTableUserID}
        = $Self->{ConfigObject}->Get('CustomerPreferences')->{Params}->{TableUserID}
        || 'user_id';

    return $Self;
}

sub SetPreferences {
    my ( $Self, %Param ) = @_;

    my $UserID = $Param{UserID} || return;
    my $Key    = $Param{Key}    || return;
    my $Value = defined( $Param{Value} ) ? $Param{Value} : '';

    # delete old data
    return if !$Self->{DBObject}->Do(
        SQL => "DELETE FROM $Self->{PreferencesTable} WHERE "
            . " $Self->{PreferencesTableUserID} = ? AND $Self->{PreferencesTableKey} = ?",
        Bind => [ \$UserID, \$Key ],
    );

    $Value .= 'Custom';

    # insert new data
    return if !$Self->{DBObject}->Do(
        SQL => "INSERT INTO $Self->{PreferencesTable} ($Self->{PreferencesTableUserID}, "
            . " $Self->{PreferencesTableKey}, $Self->{PreferencesTableValue}) "
            . " VALUES (?, ?, ?)",
        Bind => [ \$UserID, \$Key, \$Value ],
    );

    return 1;
}

sub GetPreferences {
    my ( $Self, %Param ) = @_;

    my $UserID = $Param{UserID} || return;
    my %Data;

    # get preferences

    return if !$Self->{DBObject}->Prepare(
        SQL => "SELECT $Self->{PreferencesTableKey}, $Self->{PreferencesTableValue} "
            . " FROM $Self->{PreferencesTable} WHERE $Self->{PreferencesTableUserID} = ?",
        Bind => [ \$UserID ],
    );
    while ( my @Row = $Self->{DBObject}->FetchrowArray() ) {
        $Data{ $Row[0] } = $Row[1];
    }

    # return data
    return %Data;
}

sub SearchPreferences {
    my ( $Self, %Param ) = @_;

    my %UserID;
    my $Key   = $Param{Key}   || '';
    my $Value = $Param{Value} || '';

    # get preferences
    my $SQL = "SELECT $Self->{PreferencesTableUserID}, $Self->{PreferencesTableValue} "
        . " FROM "
        . " $Self->{PreferencesTable} "
        . " WHERE "
        . " $Self->{PreferencesTableKey} = '"
        . $Self->{DBObject}->Quote($Key) . "'" . " AND "
        . " LOWER($Self->{PreferencesTableValue}) LIKE LOWER('"
        . $Self->{DBObject}->Quote( $Value, 'Like' ) . "')";

    return if !$Self->{DBObject}->Prepare( SQL => $SQL );
    while ( my @Row = $Self->{DBObject}->FetchrowArray() ) {
        $UserID{ $Row[0] } = $Row[1];
    }

    # return data
    return %UserID;
}

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Customer User Preferences Module Configuration Example

There is the need to activate your custom customer-user preferences module. This can be done using the XML configuration below.

<ConfigItem Name="CustomerPreferences" Required="1" Valid="1">
    <Description Translatable="1">Parameters for the customer preference table.</Description>
    <Group>Framework</Group>
    <SubGroup>Frontend::Customer::Preferences</SubGroup>
    <Setting>
        <Hash>
            <Item Key="Module">Kernel::System::CustomerUser::Preferences::Custom</Item>
            <Item  Key="Params">
                <Hash>
                    <Item Key="Table">customer_preferences</Item>
                    <Item Key="TableKey">preferences_key</Item>
                    <Item Key="TableValue">preferences_value</Item>
                    <Item Key="TableUserID">user_id</Item>
                </Hash>
            </Item>
        </Hash>
    </Setting>
</ConfigItem>

Customer User Preferences Module Use Case Example

Useful preferences implementation could be a SOAP or LDAP back end.