How do I make dot-walked fields always available in Personalize List Columns?

[Farah5]

I need to be able to allow users to select dot-walked fields whenever they want to personalize their list columns. When they click the cogwheel and the Personalize List Columns window appears, certain dot-walked fields should be available to pick in the Available column at all times, without having to do Configure -> List Layout. If they removed something from Selected, it should be available to pick from Available again whenever they want.

Right now, if I remove something from the Selected column, the field doesn't stay in the Available column. I have to do Configure -> List Layout every time (this is on a related list).

Users in prod do not have access to the Configure button to configure their list layout, so this is not a solution I can give them. I need this to be a change that is captured in an update set that will be applied to ALL users. 

[Anurag Tripathi]

Hi,

As an admin, Add them in the list using List layout

Right click on the header -> configure -> list layout. Add the dot walk fields on the list.

Now the individual non admin users should also see them.

-Anurag

[Farah5]

Hi Anurag, 

I tried this but this is only adding the fields to the "Selected" column. If I go back to the list view and move the dot-walked field from Selected to Available, it's not longer visible in the Available column later.

A particular user might not want all those fields to be selected at all times. They want to be able to pick and choose whenever they want, which means that when a field gets moved to the Available column, it should stay there.  

[-Andrew-]

Hi Farah,

Unfortunately dot-walking is only limited to admins or users with admin the role for list views as dot-walking incurs more processing power for the database lookups. If given to all Users, there could be performance issues.

Dot-walking could be achieved through a report though, so recommend this to the requester, hopefully that'll suffice!

Regards,

[Farah5]

Hi Andrew, 

So is there really no way to allow users to see these fields? Would the only solution be to create these fields on the table referenced in the Related List and copy the values over?