Jonas Bergqvist
Sep 25, 2024
  1772
(0 votes)

Required fields support in Optimizely Graph

It's been possible to have "required" properties (value must be entered) in the CMS for a long time. The required metadata haven't been reflected in Graph - until now. Its now possible to get the GraphQL schema updated, to get information about which fields that always has a value.

Configure CMS

The CMS must be configured to send metadata about required (value must be entered) properties to the GraphQL schema. We had to add this configuration setting, to not create a breaking change for the 3.11.0 release. The default value is 'false'.

Set property as required

Here is an example of the property "Heading" in the "TeaserBlock" content type. This property is set to be "required" (value must be entered).

GraphQL query with required support

The GraphQL query is now configured to know that the field always has a value

Sep 25, 2024

Comments

Please login to comment.
Latest blogs
Integrating Searchspring with Optimizely – Part 1: Architecture & Setup

Integrating Searchspring with Optimizely – Part 1: Architecture & Setup

Wiselin Jaya Jos | Mar 20, 2026 |

CMS 13 Preview 4 — Upgrading from Preview 3

This is the third post in a series where I use the Alloy template as a reference to walk through each CMS 13 preview. The first post covered...

Robert Svallin | Mar 20, 2026

The move to CMS 13: Upgrade Notes for Technical Teams

A technical walkthrough of CMS 13 preview3 and headless work: what is changing, where the risks are, and how an upgrade and what to expect

Hristo Bakalov | Mar 20, 2026 |

Customizing Product Data Sent to Optimizely Product Recommendations in Optimizely Commerce

A practical guide to customizing IEntryAttributeService in Optimizely Commerce so you can override product titles, add custom feed attributes, and...

Wojciech Seweryn | Mar 20, 2026 |