Can a field be hidden when creating a new record with a script in the UI policy?

[Community Alums]

Hiii 

I need to hide a field when a new record is created (in the other cases it has to be shown). And I want to avoid doing a client script. So I need to know if I can make a script in an UI Policy to do this. I understand that newRecord() cannot be used in the UI Policy, and I also tried "Created by is Empty" and "Created is Empty" but it doesn't work. Any ideas?

[Filipe Cruz]

Hello Rocio,

You can use a Client script and validate g_form.isNewRecord(). 
Or you can validate if sys_id is different from -1 (records that are not yet saved have sys_id = -1, that is always a way to check if it is a new record).

Hope this helps!!

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Best Regards,

Filipe Cruz

[johnfeist · Accepted solution]

Hi Rocio,

You can do it with a script in either a UI Policy or a script include.  You need to use the isNewRecord() function.  Something like this:

if (g_form.isNewRecord() {
   g_form.setVisible("<your field>", false);
}
else {
   g_form.setVisible("<your field>", true);
}

Remember if you the field you are hiding is also set to mandatory you need to turn that off before setting visible to false.

Hope that helps.

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[ansrservice]

it's hiding the field but still gap is there in the form where that field was.

[Gaurav Joshi]

Yes, if you use g_form.setVisible(), it hides the field but retains its space in the form layout. If you want to remove the field completely, including its space, you should use g_form.setDisplay('field_name', false);. This will not only hide the field but also remove the gap it occupies.