I am trying to make a reference field mandatory and read-only at same time.

Taaha M
Tera Contributor

When I am trying to make a field  (type- reference) mandatory and read-only, I am not able to do it. It is only possible if I change the mandatory action to leave alone.

Never I have seen this behaviour, why is it not working.

The below screenshots shows how the field is read-only when mandatory is 'leave alone'.

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The below screenshots for mandatory changed to true in UI policy action.

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Making a field mandatory means the user must select or enter a value before submitting the form. However, if the value is automatically populated based on another field, making the field read-only is sufficient. In this case, marking the field as mandatory doesn't make sense, as the value is pre-filled and cannot be changed by the user. Setting it to read-only ensures the value remains fixed and cannot be modified.

 

 

 

 

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Runjay Patel
Giga Sage

Hi @Taaha M ,

 

You can not make mandatory field read only if value is empty.

 

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it is getting auto-populated based on responses on another field.

Pradeep Thipani
Mega Sage

Hi @Taaha M ,

 

May I know what is the business use case here? because how the user will save/submit the form when a field is mandatory and read-only at same time.

 

Thanks,

Pradeep

I am autopopulating a field based on response on another field.