Existing Custom Fields are deleted from document after processing / Custom field type "date"

[epcos71]

Hi,

I had the experience that my existing custom fields are deleted after processing the documents with the ai.
Example: I have a custom attribute "Eingegangen am" and "Gescannt am" in all of my documents since I started using Paperless-ngx.

Now I told paperless-ai to create custom fields like "Rechnungsnummer" and "Rechnungsbetrag" for all my invoices.
My expected result would be, that I have 4 attributes ("Rechnungsnummer", "Rechnungsbetrag" AND "Gescannt am" and "Eingegangen am" after processing.
But the real result is only two, my older attributes have been deleted.
Is this a feature or a bug? ;) Do I have to set also exsiting attributes in the setting to save them?

Additional question: are the custom attributes with type "date" in your backlog?

Thanks a lot,
Michael

[clusterzx]

Are the fields really be deleted in Paperless-ngx or are they just not added to the document after processing?

[epcos71]

Really deleted,
Only the custom fields which have been processed by paperless-ai are there.

[epcos71]

ok to be more precise: They are deleted from the document, not from the paperless configuration, so that they could be reassigned to the doc, but the value ist lost.

[clusterzx]

Ok I could confirm that it deletes the existing fields from the document. I release a fix for that.
Please update and check again.

[epcos71]

Tested, attributes are no more removed! Works fine! Thanks a lot for your very fast fix!

Have you plans for a data type "date" for a custom field?

[clusterzx]

Maybe in the future :) I think it will be available in one of the near releases.