regarding doc walked fields read only in list view

[Madhusagar Pal1]

Hi All,

Good evening

Had a question regarding dot walked fields, how to restrict the dot walked fields read only in list view.

I tried with list_edit acl but i am not sure how to select the dot walked field in ACL.

Thanks & Regards,

Madhu.

[Sandeep Rajput]

@Madhusagar Pal1 In order to make a dot walk field read only in list view, you will have to define a list edit ACL on the table on which the dot walk field exists.

I am going to explain this using an example of the Incident list. In my use case, I would like to display the Manager field of Assigned to user on the Incident list.

1. As a first step, I added the dot walk filed Assigned To.Manager on the list view layout. 

2. This is how this list looks after adding the dot walked manager column.

3. Now, I would like to prevent Non admin users from updating this field. Hence, I need to define a list edit ACL, since the manager column doesn't belong on the Incident table, I need to define the list edit ACL on the table from where the manager field has been dot walked. In this case it is sys_user table.

Defined the list edit ACL on sys_user as follows.

4. Now when a non admin user tries to edit the dot walked manager column on Incident list, this is what they get to see.

Hope this helps.

[Madhusagar Pal1]

Hi Sandeep,

Thanks for your reply,

If we create list_edit ACL on parent table i mean in your case manager field in sys_user table, the acl restrict the field in down the line where ever it is used right.

Thanks & Regards,

Madhu.

[Sandeep Rajput]

@Madhusagar Pal1 Yes, that is correct. Whenever someone will try to edit Manager filed from the list view of (sys_user or incident) the ACL would kick in.

Please mark my answer helpful and correct if it manages to address your issue.

[Community Alums]

@Sandeep Rajput I have an opposite requirement, where I have to allow the users with "abc" role to be able to edit the fields. These 3 fields exists on other table, so I created a write ACL and list_edit ACL for those 3 fields but I cannot edit the fields(I'm using it in the related list if it makes a diifernce) but I'm able to edit them on the main table list view where they actually exists  but not in the other table(related list view).

If you have a solution to this please let me know!

Thanks in advance,

Navdeep Rahiya.