Configuring Permissions for Fields
You can restrict viewing or editing of fields to certain users. Restrictions can be set on a per field basis.
Steps
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Click the App Settings button
at the upper right of the "View" screen, select the App Settings tab, and then select Fields under Permissions.
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Click Add.
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From the drop-down list displayed in the row you have added in Step 2, select a field for which you want to set permission.
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Set permission for the selected field.
When multiple permission sets are configured for a single user, any permission set that is located higher on the list takes precedence.Example setting to allow only "John Jones" to view and edit the field values: John Jones [✔] View [✔] Edit Everyone [ ] View [ ] Edit Example setting to allow all users except "John Jones" to view and edit the field values: John Jones [ ] View [ ] Edit Everyone [✔] View [✔] Edit -
Click Save on the upper left side of the screen.
Tips: Utilizing "Field Group" fields
Putting multiple fields together in a "Field group" field before configuring the Permissions for Fields setting, you can set the same permission for these fields at once.
The steps are as follows.
Place a "Field group" field on the app form and put multiple fields together in the field.
Configure the Permissions for Fields setting for the "Field group" field.