isOmitEditButton() condition in UI Action "Edit..." fails

[Roman Haas]

Hi Community

I have a problem with the OOB UI Action "Edit...". Condition of this UI action is:

(new GlideRecord(current.getTableName())).canCreate() && RP.isManyToMany() && !RP.getListControl().isOmitEditButton()

Now on my User Group table, I want that only the group owner can see and use the "edit" button on the related list "Group Members". Therefore I edited the list control and added following omit edit button script:

var answer = true;

if(current.group.manager == gs.getUserID() || gs.hasRole('admin')){
	answer = false;
}

answer;

Now when a non-group-owner user opens the form, the edit button is omitted. If a group owner opens the form the edit is there but clicking it results in an "action not authorized". After investigating I know its the "!RP.getListControl().isOmitEditButton()" condition on the UI action. If I remove this everything works as expected.

Does anyone have an idea what's the cause?

Thank you in advance, regards

[Roman Haas]

I made an interesting observation. When I comment on the omit edit script on the list control it works as expected.

Not working -> action not authorized (admin user is working):

var answer = true;

if(current.group.manager == gs.getUserID() || gs.hasRole('admin')){
	answer=false;
}


answer;

Working:

var answer = true;

answer;

What could be wrong with this script?

[Roman Haas · Accepted solution]

Problem solved!

In a list control of related list access to the main record displayed on the form you need to use "parent", and not "current" like I did. "Current" refers to the first entry of the related list.

So following list control omit edit function works like desired:

var answer = true;

if(parent.manager == gs.getUserID() || gs.hasRole('admin')){
	answer = false;
}

answer;

Thanks everyone 🙂