From d2a5e259b7640e96977ee89ef50046a2cf1b495d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marina Glancy <marina@moodle.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:27:42 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] MDL-40408 mod_data: skip metadata fields during import

---
 mod/data/import.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mod/data/import.php b/mod/data/import.php
index 27b10103704..03f48156ca1 100644
--- a/mod/data/import.php
+++ b/mod/data/import.php
@@ -114,9 +114,14 @@ if (!$formdata = $form->get_data()) {
         $rawfields = $DB->get_records('data_fields', array('dataid' => $data->id), '', 'name, id, type');
         $fields = array();
         $errorfield = '';
+        $safetoskipfields = array(get_string('user'), get_string('username'), get_string('email'),
+            get_string('timeadded', 'data'), get_string('timemodified', 'data'),
+            get_string('approved', 'data'));
         foreach ($fieldnames as $name => $id) {
             if (!isset($rawfields[$name])) {
-                $errorfield .= "'$name' ";
+                if (!in_array($name, $safetoskipfields)) {
+                    $errorfield .= "'$name' ";
+                }
             } else {
                 $field = $rawfields[$name];
                 require_once("$CFG->dirroot/mod/data/field/$field->type/field.class.php");