How to hide a field with user roles

[tsam]

Hi -

How can I hide a field on a form based on the user roles? I have created a role and assigned it to the field on the form but it's not working as expected.

Thanks.

[Jace Benson]

ACL's are best at allowing people to see the data, edit or otherwise manipulate the data. If you just want it not to show up for people with a given role, you can use a client script to show/hide the field. Below is an example on how to do that;

function onLoad() {

    var isAdmin = g_user.hasRole('admin');
    //console.log("isAdmin: " + isadmin);
    if (isAdmin == true) {
        g_form.setDisplay('staff_type', 'true');
    } else {
        g_form.setDisplay('staff_type', 'false');
    }
}

[Tony Capone]

what if I don't want the logged in user but a person who is selected on the form in the reference field. 

[CapaJC]

I'm not sure I fully understand your goal, but you could also try a Read ACL on that field with the following script, and make sure the "Admin overrides" field is checked on the ACL:

!gs.hasRole("u_role_you_want_to_deny_access_with");

The users with that role who don't have the "admin" role WON'T be able to see the field.

[trdaniels]

Hello,

How would I modify the below scipt to allow 3 or more roles to view the configuration item on incident tickets?

example roles:
admin
field_services
engineering

function onLoad() {

var isAdmin = g_user.hasRole('admin');
//console.log("isAdmin: " + isadmin);
if (isAdmin == true) {
g_form.setDisplay('cmdb_ci', 'true');
} else {
g_form.setDisplay('cmdb_ci', 'false');
}
}