How to diagnose the «The configuration parameter "formElement" is a required» for a field?

dmitry_fedyuk · April 19, 2016, 8:06am

magento/magento2/blob/1aa5f73e/app/code/Magento/Ui/Component/Form/Field.php#L63-L77


/**
 * Prepare component configuration
 *
 * @return void
 * @throws \Magento\Framework\Exception\LocalizedException
 */
public function prepare()
{
    $formElement = $this->getData('config/formElement');
    if (null === $formElement) {
        throw new LocalizedException(__(
            'The configuration parameter "formElement" is a required for "%1" field.',
            $this->getName()
        ));
    }

github.com

magento/magento2/blob/1aa5f73e/app/code/Magento/Customer/view/base/ui_component/customer_form.xml#L419-L430


<field name="telephone">
    <argument name="data" xsi:type="array">
        <item name="config" xsi:type="array">
            <item name="dataType" xsi:type="string">text</item>
            <item name="formElement" xsi:type="string">input</item>
            <item name="source" xsi:type="string">address</item>
            <item name="validation" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="required-entry" xsi:type="boolean">true</item>
            </item>
        </item>
    </argument>
</field>

github.com

magento/magento2/blob/1aa5f73e/app/code/Magento/Customer/Model/Customer/DataProvider.php#L187-L195


foreach ($this->metaProperties as $metaName => $origName) {
    $value = $attribute->getDataUsingMethod($origName);
    $meta[$code]['arguments']['data']['config'][$metaName] = ($metaName === 'label') ? __($value) : $value;
    if ('frontend_input' === $origName) {
        $meta[$code]['arguments']['data']['config']['formElement'] = isset($this->formElement[$value])
            ? $this->formElement[$value]
            : $value;
    }
}

SELECT * FROM `eav_attribute` WHERE 'telephone' = attribute_code;

A similar issue:

dmitry_fedyuk · April 19, 2016, 11:54pm

Solution

DELETE FROM customer_eav_attribute WHERE 165 = attribute_id;
DELETE FROM eav_attribute WHERE 165 = attribute_id;

vishalsurani · May 31, 2018, 9:30pm

I had same error.
I had this error with multiple attributes.
I fixed by open attribute from Stores->Attributes->Products and save again.
This helped me, I hope this will help you too.