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How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Kiran_25 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:52:54 GMT

I need to make a field on the cmdb_ci_business_app editable for a users with a specific role.

I have created a 'write' ACL but the field is still read only.

Is there anything I have missed or is there another way to achieve this?

Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Brad Bowman — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:00:55 GMT

Check to see if you have a Client Script, Data Policy, or UI Policy affecting this field or all fields on this table/form. Is the field editable for anyone (admin role)?

Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Ankur Bawiskar — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:15:43 GMT

@Kiran_25

so any other client script or UI policy is making it editable?

Did you debug that?

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Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Kiran_25 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:32:50 GMT

the field is only editable for admins and for users with a technical owner role. I want to open it to so its also editable by users with a domain manager role.

Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Kiran_25 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:33:41 GMT

There's no UI policies or client scripts. There is one preexisting ACL that makes it editable

for users with a technical owner role. I want to open it to so its also editable by users with a domain manager role.

I have tried adding my roles to the existing ACL and I have also tried creating a brand new ACL too

Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Shashank_Jain — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:35:04 GMT

@Kiran_25 ,

1. Check UI Policies, Client Scripts, or Dictionary Overrides that may be making the field read-only.

2. Check with an admin user – see if the field is editable.

Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

miftikhar20 — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:46:55 GMT

Hi @Kiran_25 ,
You can try Creating a script condition in the existing ACL with gs.hasRole('x'), as creating a new ACL for the same field/write combination won’t work, because all matching ACLs must evaluate to true. That means if your new ACL passes but the old one restricts access, users will still be blocked.

If you want to confirm behavior, use Access Analyzer with a test user you’ll see which ACLs are being enforced.

Thanks & Regards,
Muhammad Iftikhar
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Re: How to make a field editable for specific roles?

Ankur Bawiskar — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:08:58 GMT

@Kiran_25

it means some other component is doing the job here.

If my response helped please mark it correct and close the thread so that it benefits future readers.