BelongsToMany pivot fields and actions not showing

[alexjose]

I am not able to show the pivot fields in the BelongsToMany relation and the actions on the pivot table is also not showing up.

BelongsToMany::make('Sectors')
     ->fields(function () {
                    return [
                        Boolean::make('Status'),
                    ];
                })
       ->actions(function () {
                    return [
                        new App\Nova\Actions\ESector\Approve,
                    ];
                }),

[arnordhaenens]

@alexjose what exactly isn't working? Do you receive an error?

[alexjose]

@arnordhaenens No errors at all. The pivot field and pivot action are not showing in the relation index. But pivot field is shown in the edit and attach views.

[arnordhaenens]

@alexjose Same request is being referenced here in #40 and #186

[alexjose]

@arnordhaenens #40 was different, he was expecting the related model's field to be displayed in the parent resource index view. I am taking about the parent resource detail view where we can see the related records. #186 is similar but just taking about the pivot fields.

For me nor the pivot fields neither the pivot actions are getting displayed.

[patrickbrouwers]

@alexjose I had the same problem with pivot actions. It turns out you need to define the BelongsToMany field on both resources for it to work.

[prolonginc]

i got this working by defining ->withPivot('filed name)' on the relationship it drove me insane for a long time.

[alexjose]

@patrickbrouwers you are right. Needs to add the pivot fields and the actions in both resources.

[jsphpl]

@patrickbrouwers you are right. Needs to add the pivot fields and the actions in both resources.

@alexjose please don't close the issue unless this is either fixed or clearly stated in the docs

[LaravelFreelancerNL]

I ran into this exact bug and am, finally, able to reproduce it. Its in a commercial project so I'll contact the Nova team after the weekend. For now I don't even want to think about for the coming days ;)

[osteel]

i got this working by defining ->withPivot('filed name)' on the relationship it drove me insane for a long time.

Just to be clear, ->withPivot(... fields ...) must be defined on the relationship in the model, not the Nova resource.

[chrisvasey]

@alexjose I had the same problem with pivot actions. It turns out you need to define the BelongsToMany field on both resources for it to work.

I found the only way to sort this is to define the action and field array on both Nova models... otherwise, the action does not show up.
You also need the ->withPivot('field') on both standard models.

Hopefully, no one is facing this issue anymore, but I still hit this issue every time I try to use BelongsToMany actions!
It might be worth updating the docs.