How to allow inline editing for only one field in a Dashboard list?

[nakamura323]

Hi all,

I would like to allow inline editing for only one specific field in a list displayed on a Dashboard, while keeping all other fields read-only.

The list already supports inline editing by default. My requirement is:

• Only one field (for example, u_comment) should be editable inline

• All other fields should not be editable inline

• The application itself must still have full CRUD access (create, read, update, delete)

I am considering controlling this using ACLs (table-level and field-level write ACLs).

However, since the same table is also accessed by an application that performs create/update/delete operations, I need to ensure:

• Application access remains fully functional

• Inline editing from the Dashboard is restricted to only one field

Has anyone implemented a similar requirement?
Is ACL the recommended approach, or is there a better practice for this scenario?

Any guidance would be appreciated.

Thanks!

[lauri457]

I think your options are disable list editing (on/off) from the list control for the underlying table. Or use list_edit ACLs which affect the underlying table as well but offer column level control. If the users have the access via reports they'll have the table access so list_edit acls seem like the best bet. 

Column acls would just prevent/allow the edits all around, which might be what you want anyway so it is an option of course.

[nakamura323 · Accepted solution]

Thank you for your reply.

I was not aware of the list_edit ACL.

After considering possible solutions, I have decided to proceed with the following approach, even though it may be somewhat forceful:

For the one field that should be editable, set a list_edit ACL with the role that users possess.

For the fields that should not be editable, set a list_edit ACL with the admin role (which the users do not have).

Although this will increase the number of ACLs, I will control it using this method.

Thank you very much for your help.

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@nakamura323 

I don't think you can control that.

Even I have seen list_edit ACL on that field won't work on Dashboard/Workspaces.

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[lauri457]

You might be thinking of onCellEdit client scripts. They don't seem to run on now experience pages

ACLs: