Lisa, 6 fields doesn't sound too bad if they all follow the same permission rules, although still a pain. Would it help simplify workflow to reverse the setup? Make your data field (Field A) hidden, with the masked field showing by default. Then, if the user has the right permissions to see the data, show Field A and hide Field B. For that matter, could you use permissions on the active link itself so it only fires it the user is in the right group?
Have fun. :-) Thad On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Kemes, Lisa <lisa.ke...@tycoelectronics.com > wrote: > ** > Thanks a bunch Thad! > > I'll also need to create workflow to see what permissions the user has and > throw that into a temp field to determine if they have proper permissions > or not. > > And just to throw in a kicker, the fields that the customers with the > proper permissions see has Assignee permissions on it, so that means that if > you DON'T have permissions, I WILL have to hide field (not really a big > thing, but just more workflow). > > Fields with Assignee permissions still allow those without the proper > permissions see the field, they just don't see the data. > > Would really like to be able to just change the display of the field (and > also have it not be reportable). That would have been nice. If display is > masked out, why would it be reportable? Weird.... I'm sure there's a > reason. It's just display, the data is still underneath. > > I'll probably use this in the future..... > > Just fyi - I will need to do this on 6 fields....ugh.... > > Lisa > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > arsl...@arslist.org] *On Behalf Of *Thad Esser > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:29 AM > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: Change Display of a field to "Edit Masked" > > ** Lisa, > > > Depending on how much effort you want to put into this requirement, how > about this: > > Pre-conditions: > You have a data field, "Field A" that has appropriate access permissions > set. > Requirement: > You want to let users without permissions to that field know that it has > data, but you can't let them see the data, even through reporting. > > Implementation: > Create a display only field, "Field B". Locate it on top of Field A and > make it hidden. Disable the change flag. Read only seems like a good idea, > but not necessary. There's no need to set the display type to "edit masked" > (see next steps), but you can if you'd like. > > Create a filter that fires on Get Entry > Run If: 'Field A' != $NULL$ > Action 1: Set Fields, set Field B = LPAD( "", LENGTHC($Field A$), "*") > note: you could just set it to a fixed number of asterisks if you didn't > want the user to know how long the data is. Using the LPAD function > duplicates the edit masked functionality. > > Create an active link that fires On Display and only for the non-privileged > users, with actions that hide Field A and show Field B. Actually... the non > privileged users shouldn't be able to see Field A anyway, so you shouldn't > have to hide it. > > This solution is fairly simple for one field, but if you have a lot of > fields, it could get cumbersome. Anyway, since you hadn't received any > other options, I thought I'd throw this one out there. > > Thad Esser > Remedy Developer > > On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 10:02 AM, Kemes, Lisa < > lisa.ke...@tycoelectronics.com> wrote: > >> ** >> Nevermind. With Edit Masked, a customer can still create a report and >> gather this data. Not sure I want them to do that! :) >> >> >> Lisa >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: >> arsl...@arslist.org] *On Behalf Of *Kemes, Lisa >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 09, 2010 12:57 PM >> *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >> *Subject:* Change Display of a field to "Edit Masked" >> >> ** >> There is no way via workflow to change a form display from Edit to Edit >> Masked if the customer does not have the proper permissions is there? I'd >> like the customer to see that there is data in the field, but I want it >> masked. If the customer has access to the field, I was them to see the >> data. >> >> I don't think there is, but just wanted to make sure…. >> >> *Lisa Kemes** * >> AR System Developer >> Tyco Electronics >> 717-810-2408 tel >> 717-602-9460 cell >> lisa.ke...@te.com >> >> >> >> _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ >> _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ >> > > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _attend > WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ > _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"
