Answers.Body: <p>There are instructions on the screen where you create contact reference custom fields:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/LjU8h.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LjU8h.png" alt="Contact reference note"></a></p>
  
  <p>Do your front-end users have the required permissions?  </p>
  
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Answers.Text: “thanks for your answer.
  But i will explain better my problem. I didn’t make any restrictions to permissions. In fact i accessed in back office with the my account (Super User) and works, after this i accessed in front office with the same access (Super User) and the custom fields don’t work.
  I don’t make any restrictions but the access in the front office to these fields has to be through a registred user (User menu).
  Can you help me?
  best regards
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Body: <p>We are testing your application CiviCRM and we tried to create a custom field as contact reference for all kind of contacts.</p>
  
  <p>However though in the preview on the back end this field works fine, when you try to use on the front ebd (chrome, IE, Mozilla) the active search does not work (it doesn't allow to search for the contacts in database).</p>
  
  <p>Example:</p>
  
  <p>Front end (Custom Profile Field “Visita à Loja” - It is a Contact Reference Field - It was suppose that when you select the field, active search was functional. But it’s not!)</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/8Ifhx.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/8Ifhx.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>When you see the back-office profile and you select “Preview all fields” of this profile, everything works properly:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>“Data da Prospecção” - It has a Calendar Icon that when you select, a popup calendar appears so you can select date (in front office the icon doesn’t appear)</li>
  <li>“Visita à Loja” - Active search is functional, allowing you to search for contacts in database. However in front office this doesn’t work (as you may see above)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tdWcK.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tdWcK.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a>
  Can you help
  best regards
  JSousa</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-11-14T19:09:33.433Z
Comments.Text: Please add the version of CiviCRM and the name of the CMS and its version
Comments.UserDisplayName: Aidan
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-13T15:25:19.100Z
Comments.Text: CiviCRM 4.7.12.
  
  Joomla Version: Joomla! 3.6.4 Stable
Comments.UserDisplayName: Jose Sousa
Tags: <custom-fields><profile>
Title: Use custom field in front end of website
ThreadText: # Use custom field in front end of website
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-11-14)
  
  We are testing your application CiviCRM and we tried to create a custom field as contact reference for all kind of contacts.
  
  However though in the preview on the back end this field works fine, when you try to use on the front ebd (chrome, IE, Mozilla) the active search does not work (it doesn't allow to search for the contacts in database).
  
  Example:
  
  Front end (Custom Profile Field “Visita à Loja” - It is a Contact Reference Field - It was suppose that when you select the field, active search was functional. But it’s not!)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/8Ifhx.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/8Ifhx.jpg)
  
  When you see the back-office profile and you select “Preview all fields” of this profile, everything works properly:
  
  * “Data da Prospecção” - It has a Calendar Icon that when you select, a popup calendar appears so you can select date (in front office the icon doesn’t appear)
  * “Visita à Loja” - Active search is functional, allowing you to search for contacts in database. However in front office this doesn’t work (as you may see above)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/tdWcK.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/tdWcK.jpg)
  Can you help
  best regards
  JSousa
  
  **Tags:** custom-fields, profile
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Please add the version of CiviCRM and the name of the CMS and its version  
  > **username_0**: CiviCRM 4.7.12.  Joomla Version: Joomla! 3.6.4 Stable  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-11-14. Score: 4
  
  There are instructions on the screen where you create contact reference custom fields:
  
  [![Contact reference note](https://i.sstatic.net/LjU8h.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LjU8h.png)
  
  Do your front-end users have the required permissions?
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: “thanks for your answer. But i will explain better my problem. I didn’t make any restrictions to permissions. In fact i accessed in back office with the my account (Super User) and works, after this i accessed in front office with the same access (Super User) and the custom fields don’t work. I don’t make any restrictions but the access in the front office to these fields has to be through a registred user (User menu). Can you help me? best regards  
  
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