Visibility
The term visibility has a specific meaning in the SmartSimple context. Visibility can refer to the ability for a given user to access records in the system, and can also refer to the ability for a user to see specific fields on a record.
At the Record Level
There are several ways to determine whether or not a record will be visible for a given user. A key method in the context of a UTA is the Security Matrix.
At the Field Level
Standard and custom fields can have a visibility condition set which determines whether or not they are displayed on the page.
Visibility conditions can be set at the field level:
- by a logical statement in the "Visibility Condition" setting within the field;
- by a combination of Field Permissions within the field;
- by a Field Permission Matrix; or
- by a combination of the above.
Validation criteria, including if a field is set to be mandatory, will not be triggered if a field is not visible on the page. Browser scripts will not run if the field's visibility criteria are not met.
See Also
Visibility of Custom Fields can also be controlled using:
