Employee Promotion, Transfer - modal to add details to child table

erpnext/hr/utils.py

@@ -4,7 +4,48 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 import frappe
 from frappe import _
+from frappe.utils import formatdate, format_datetime
+from frappe.utils import getdate, get_datetime
 
 def set_employee_name(doc):
 	if doc.employee and not doc.employee_name:
 		doc.employee_name = frappe.db.get_value("Employee", doc.employee, "employee_name")
+
+@frappe.whitelist()
+def get_employee_fields_label():
+	fields = []
+	for df in frappe.get_meta("Employee").get("fields"):
+		if df.fieldtype in ["Data", "Date", "Datetime", "Float", "Int",
+		"Link", "Percent", "Select", "Small Text"] and df.fieldname not in ["lft", "rgt", "old_parent"]:
+			fields.append({"value": df.fieldname, "label": df.label})
+	return fields
+
+@frappe.whitelist()
+def get_employee_field_property(employee, fieldname):
+	if employee and fieldname:
+		field = frappe.get_meta("Employee").get_field(fieldname)
+		value = frappe.db.get_value("Employee", employee, fieldname)
+		options = field.options
+		if field.fieldtype == "Date":
+			value = formatdate(value)
+		elif field.fieldtype == "Datetime":
+			value = format_datetime(value)
+		return {
+			"value" : value,
+			"datatype" : field.fieldtype,
+			"label" : field.label,
+			"options" : options
+		}
+	else:
+		return False
+
+def update_employee(employee, details, cancel=False):
+	for item in details:
+		fieldtype = frappe.get_meta("Employee").get_field(item.fieldname).fieldtype
+		new_data = item.new if not cancel else item.current
+		if fieldtype == "Date" and new_data:
+			new_data = getdate(new_data)
+		elif fieldtype =="Datetime" and new_data:
+			new_data = get_datetime(new_data)
+		setattr(employee, item.fieldname, new_data)
+	return employee