Meteor autoform and Collection2 not saving data

Question

I am having problems with Collection2 and autoform. Here is my collection

Customers = new Mongo.Collection("customers");

Customers.allow({
	insert: function(userId, doc) {		
		return !!userId;
	}
});

CustomerSchema = new SimpleSchema({
	name: {
		type: String,
		label: "Name"
	},
	address: {
		type: String,
		label: "Address"
	},
	amount: {
		type: Number,
		label: "Amount"
	},
	bvn: {
		type: String,
		label: "BVN"
	},
	type: {
		type: String,
		label: "Sale Type"
	},
	saleDate: {
		type: Date,
		label: "Transaction Date",
		autoValue: function() {
			return new Date()
		},
		autoform: {
			type: "hidden"
		}
	},
	passport: {
		type: String,
		label: "Passport Number"
	},
	source: {
		type: String,
		label: "Source"
	},
	tickets: {
		type: Boolean,
		label: "Tickets"
	},
	visa: {
		type: Boolean,
		label: "Visa"
	},
	invoice: {
		type: Boolean,
		label: "Invoice"
	},
	nextSaleDate: {
		type: Date,
		label: "Next Sale Date",
		autoValue: function () {
			var thisDate = new Date();
			var dd = thisDate.getDate();
			var mm = thisDate.getMonth() + 3;
			var y = thisDate.getFullYear();

			var nextDate = dd + '/'+ mm + '/'+ y;
			return nextDate;
		},
		autoform: {
		type: "hidden"
		}
	},
	author: {
		type: String,
		label: "Author",
		autoValue: function () {
			return this.userId
		},
		autoform: {
		type: "hidden"
		}
	}	

});
Customers.attachSchema(CustomerSchema);

I have published and subscribed to the collections in separate publish and subscribe javascript files with methods Meteor.publish('customers', function() { return Customers.find({author: this.userId}); }); and Meteor.subscribe("customers"); respectively. Here is the html code for insert

<template name="NewCustomer">
	<div class="new-customer">
		{{>quickForm collection="Customers" id="insertCustomerForm" type="insert" class="new-customer-form"}}
	</div>
</template>

But when i bootup the server and add a new customer, it doesn't work. Can anyone help me out? Thank you

Everything looks right to me. Where is the code that you are using to display the customer once it is inserted? — Nate
I am using meteortoys to check whether the customer is added, and I used the mongodb cli to check whether its added to the collection. — Hayatu Mohammed Abubakar
none. I have no error messages whatsoever. I even deployed it on meteor, its still not saving — Hayatu Mohammed Abubakar

Hayatu Mohammed Abubakar Hayatu Mohammed Abubakar · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-30T23:36:45

I sorted it out. This field in the collection

nextSaleDate: {
		type: Date,
		label: "Next Sale Date",
		autoValue: function () {
			var thisDate = new Date();
			var dd = thisDate.getDate();
			var mm = thisDate.getMonth() + 3;
			var y = thisDate.getFullYear();

			var nextDate = dd + '/'+ mm + '/'+ y;
			return nextDate;
		},
		autoform: {
		type: "hidden"
		}
	},

is the one causing the issue. Thank you all for your input

Meteor autoform and Collection2 not saving data

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