How to hide approve button based on role in service portal

[vivek11]

[Nikhil Bajaj9]

Hi @vivek11 ,

You can clone the widget and find client controller and inside the client controller, add an if statement to check for the user's roles using the gs.hasRole("<role_name>") script. Set the button's visibility to false if the user does not have the required role. For example: 

JavaScript

    // Example in Client Controller
    if (!gs.hasRole("<<!nav>>your_role_here<<!/nav>>")) {
        // Assuming 'c.showApprove' controls the button's visibility
        c.showApprove = false;
    }

[Ankur Bawiskar]

@vivek11 

but why?

If you hide then how approver will Approve?

I will recommend to discuss this requirement with your customer.

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[NayeemSk]

Hi @vivek11 

If it's a UI Action button, control visibility via the Condition on UI Action( Simplest & Secure)

[RaghavSh]

@vivek11 There are few things which you need to understand here, I have checked the code in the widget.

• gs.hasRole() will not work in client controller as it is server side code and on top of that it is not recommended to customise the widget.
• There is no specific ng-if in the widget "Todos Approval Actions" for approval button, ng-if controls the entire approval section.
• ng-if is controlled by a OOB Script include "TodoApprovalActionsUtilSNC" and function "isApprover".
• The script include function checks if you are approver of record and you have write access to Approval state. So now , you need to check the ACL "sysapproval_approver.state". 
• ACL "sysapproval_approver.state" gives access to users with "approval_admin" role or if user is requested for of approval record or delegate of requested for.
• So you can add your condition in this ACL to show hide the approval section, but hiding approval button without customising is not possible.

I hope this clarifies.