OroPlatform: Override core entity form builder - symfony

Question

Context
I'm trying to change the form type of one field on one of the core entity: Business Unit
The default form field is TextField and I want to change it to ChoiceType.
Here is my custom field on Business Unit entity created with migration :
$table->addColumn('periodicite', 'string', [
'oro_options' => [
'extend' => ['owner' => ExtendScope::OWNER_CUSTOM],
'entity' => ['label' => 'Périodicité'],
],
]);
Issue
I've seen on the Oro documentation that entity_config.yml could solve my problem. I've tried to put these lines but it doesn't work :
entity_config:
business_unit:
entity:
items:
periodicite:
form:
type: Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\ChoiceType
options:
choices:
Mensuel: Mensuel
Trimestriel: Trimestriel
placeholder: false
required: true
label: "Périodicite"
I have also tried to create a new migration to change the field type on my custom field but it doesn't work
<?php
namespace Baltimore\Bundle\AppBundle\Migrations\Schema\v1_1;
use Doctrine\DBAL\Schema\Schema;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityConfigBundle\Migration\UpdateEntityConfigFieldValueQuery;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityExtendBundle\EntityConfig\ExtendScope;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityExtendBundle\Migration\Extension\ExtendExtension;
use Oro\Bundle\EntityExtendBundle\Migration\Extension\ExtendExtensionAwareInterface;
use Oro\Bundle\MigrationBundle\Migration\Migration;
use Oro\Bundle\MigrationBundle\Migration\QueryBag;
use Oro\Bundle\OrganizationBundle\Entity\BusinessUnit;
use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\ChoiceType;
class UpdateBusinessUnitField implements Migration, ExtendExtensionAwareInterface
{
/** #var ExtendExtension */
protected $extendExtension;
/**
* #inheritdoc
*/
public function setExtendExtension(ExtendExtension $extendExtension)
{
$this->extendExtension = $extendExtension;
}
public function up(Schema $schema, QueryBag $queries)
{
$queries->addQuery(
new UpdateEntityConfigFieldValueQuery(
BusinessUnit::class,
'periodicite',
'form',
'form_type',
ChoiceType::class
)
);
$queries->addQuery(
new UpdateEntityConfigFieldValueQuery(
BusinessUnit::class,
'periodicite',
'form',
'form_options',
[
'choices' => [
'Mensuel' => 'Mensuel',
'Trimestriel' => 'Trimestriel',
'Annuel' => 'Annuel',
],
]
)
);
}
}

Answer 1

I have found a solution with the changeColumn method in my migration file and it works like a charm.
By the way, these properties works also with the addColumn method.
public function up(Schema $schema, QueryBag $queries)
{
$table = $schema->getTable('oro_business_unit');
$table->changeColumn('periodicite', [
'oro_options' => [
'extend' => ['owner' => ExtendScope::OWNER_CUSTOM],
'entity' => ['label' => 'Périodicité'],
'form' => [
'form_type' => ChoiceType::class,
'form_options' => [
'choices' => [
'Mensuel' => 'Mensuel',
'Trimestriel' => 'Trimestriel',
'Semestriel' => 'Semestriel',
'Annuel' => 'Annuel'
]
]
],
],
]);
}

Answer 2

I don't know about the possibility to override entity config metadata using the YAML file. If there is - please share the documentation you used to implement it in the comments.
But for sure, you can manage the same using the schema migration, like in this example:
class UpdateOpportunityRelationFormType implements Migration
{
/**
* {#inheritdoc}
*/
public function up(Schema $schema, QueryBag $queries)
{
$queries->addQuery(
new UpdateEntityConfigFieldValueQuery(
Quote::class,
'opportunity',
'form',
'form_type',
OpportunitySelectType::class
)
);
$queries->addQuery(
new UpdateEntityConfigFieldValueQuery(
Quote::class,
'opportunity',
'form',
'form_options',
['attr' => ['readonly' => true]]
)
);
}
}