Could not find a value for configuration field '{ConfigField}'

[bjarnef]

Which exact Umbraco version are you using? For example: 8.13.1 - don't just write v8

9.0.1

Bug summary

When working with Contentment v3.0.0 and Umbraco v9.0.1 I got these warnings in log file:

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{"@t":"2021-10-25T13:30:36.4993432Z","@mt":"Could not find a value for configuration field '{ConfigField}'","@l":"Warning","ConfigField":"preview","SourceContext":"Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Mapping.DataTypeMapDefinition","ActionId":"2eef8bc2-65e5-48d6-bf31-a53eba71d4ab","ActionName":"Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers.DataTypeController.GetById (Umbraco.Web.BackOffice)","RequestId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD:000001E3","RequestPath":"/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/datatype/GetById","ConnectionId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD","ProcessId":18156,"ProcessName":"UmbracoProject","ThreadId":31,"AppDomainId":1,"AppDomainAppId":"65ffeee9778a120d6cbdf3a5f87bfe043e30dcbe","MachineName":"LAPTOP-TVMJ2DRH","Log4NetLevel":"WARN ","HttpRequestId":"1b9e614d-9f90-45b8-be41-c605e26284ff","HttpRequestNumber":8,"HttpSessionId":"a63717eb-1b1f-d2ed-c24f-3a4103c8062d"}
{"@t":"2021-10-25T13:30:38.6210026Z","@mt":"Could not find a value for configuration field '{ConfigField}'","@l":"Warning","ConfigField":"preview","SourceContext":"Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Mapping.DataTypeMapDefinition","ActionId":"2eef8bc2-65e5-48d6-bf31-a53eba71d4ab","ActionName":"Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers.DataTypeController.GetById (Umbraco.Web.BackOffice)","RequestId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD:000001E7","RequestPath":"/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/datatype/GetById","ConnectionId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD","ProcessId":18156,"ProcessName":"UmbracoProject","ThreadId":41,"AppDomainId":1,"AppDomainAppId":"65ffeee9778a120d6cbdf3a5f87bfe043e30dcbe","MachineName":"LAPTOP-TVMJ2DRH","Log4NetLevel":"WARN ","HttpRequestId":"57c7584f-31e6-4e9c-bb45-26a119fe74b7","HttpRequestNumber":9,"HttpSessionId":"d2e010f0-fbc6-635a-3bfd-df2f3740d505"}
{"@t":"2021-10-25T13:30:40.0273770Z","@mt":"Could not find a value for configuration field '{ConfigField}'","@l":"Warning","ConfigField":"preview","SourceContext":"Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Mapping.DataTypeMapDefinition","ActionId":"2eef8bc2-65e5-48d6-bf31-a53eba71d4ab","ActionName":"Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers.DataTypeController.GetById (Umbraco.Web.BackOffice)","RequestId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD:000001EB","RequestPath":"/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/datatype/GetById","ConnectionId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD","ProcessId":18156,"ProcessName":"UmbracoProject","ThreadId":59,"AppDomainId":1,"AppDomainAppId":"65ffeee9778a120d6cbdf3a5f87bfe043e30dcbe","MachineName":"LAPTOP-TVMJ2DRH","Log4NetLevel":"WARN ","HttpRequestId":"268d2605-32c8-4b62-9457-a3556195a069","HttpRequestNumber":10,"HttpSessionId":"e249e6dd-1ed5-fea5-391f-7df953ce7ec5"}
{"@t":"2021-10-25T13:30:48.7331004Z","@mt":"Could not find a value for configuration field '{ConfigField}'","@l":"Warning","ConfigField":"preview","SourceContext":"Umbraco.Cms.Core.Models.Mapping.DataTypeMapDefinition","ActionId":"2eef8bc2-65e5-48d6-bf31-a53eba71d4ab","ActionName":"Umbraco.Cms.Web.BackOffice.Controllers.DataTypeController.GetById (Umbraco.Web.BackOffice)","RequestId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD:000001F1","RequestPath":"/umbraco/backoffice/umbracoapi/datatype/GetById","ConnectionId":"0HMCNNDPSPKGD","ProcessId":18156,"ProcessName":"UmbracoProject","ThreadId":12,"AppDomainId":1,"AppDomainAppId":"65ffeee9778a120d6cbdf3a5f87bfe043e30dcbe","MachineName":"LAPTOP-TVMJ2DRH","Log4NetLevel":"WARN ","HttpRequestId":"7e17b53a-6dde-4297-a8e9-4d0cece4ad09","HttpRequestNumber":11,"HttpSessionId":"49d01c4e-d49f-dad9-6483-4c83839e47ec"}
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Originally reported in Contentment repository here, but it may be an core issue when changing property editor of an existing datatype:
leekelleher/umbraco-contentment#176

However the log message Could not find a value for configuration field '{ConfigField}' isn't very useful. I think it was meant to log name of "ConfigField" ... not logging the value {ConfigField} 🙈

This line is logged here: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/v9/contrib/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Mapping/DataTypeMapDefinition.cs#L179-L180

Specifics

No response

Steps to reproduce

Not sure there's is an easy way to reproduce. In my use-case I originally change property editor on an existing datatype from radiobutton list to [Contentment] Data List property editor and when models generation failed I noticed these log errors.

@leekelleher mentioned it may be a bug with cache not being refreshed when changing property editor of an existing datatype.

Expected result / actual result

No response

[bjarnef]

Actually I think it works as expected as it create a separate property "ConfigField" which in this case has the value "preview".

[leekelleher]

@bjarnef This is interesting, as the "preview" configuration value (of Contentment's Data List) doesn't hold a value - it's a read-only field. So by that logic, it would always log a warning.

https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-9.0.1/src/Umbraco.Core/Models/Mapping/DataTypeMapDefinition.cs#L167-L181

That doesn't seem quite right - what's the purpose of the warning? Did something go wrong? (that's more a conceptual question) Are the built-in DataTypes immune to this - if so why? 🤔

[bjarnef]

@leekelleher yeah, I think there are use-cases like this, where you could have a config property, which doesn't store a view like this, but it seems to complain because the property exists while not holding any value.

I don't remember if prevalues in property editors used to have a readonly property .. other it would be useful if it ignore those config fields.

However not sure it is an issue (except pollution of the log files with these warnings) - at least not in v8.

[leekelleher]

@bjarnef The ConfigurationField doesn't have any options to state that it's read-only.

Like you say, I don't recall seeing (or hearing) about any errors/warnings related to this for Umbraco v8.x.
Scrap that, it was in v8.x: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/release-8.17.0/src/Umbraco.Web/Models/Mapping/DataTypeMapDefinition.cs#L163-L176

[leekelleher]

@bjarnef I think we should re-open this issue, as should Umbraco be raising a warning if a DataType's prevalue doesn't have a value?

Is the suggestion that read-only prevalue editors shouldn't be used?

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