Hide\Display Enum Combo box Control on a Form with Security Roles (Not with Code X++)

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Hi -

I have to display or Hide a combo box control(Enum Field Drop Down) on a form depending on the User Role which is accessing the form.

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User A with Security Role A should see the Combo Box control when ever it is using the Form.

User B with Security Role B should not see the Combo Box control when ever it is using the Form.

How can I achieve this with Security in AX 2012 r3 cu13. I dont want to hard code the security roles. I would prefer a way to do it by Security in AX.

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The Enum Field on a control is not Datasource bound. It is the EDT selected in the properties of the control.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,970 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Muhammad,

You can set the property NeededPermission of this control to 'Manual'. Then it will not be visible for normal users unless you grant access via form control permissions on a privilege or security role.

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Hello Andre -

Thank You for you reply.

Ok I have made that change (Changed needed permissions to MANUAL) also I have created a new privilege and added the form control in the permissions and given it no access. now is there a way you can suggest me to test my changes (goal is to not see the form control on the form from the changes I have made above)? I'm a system user and administrator on my DEV VM. How can I test to see if my new control is hidden ? Do I have to now assign the privilege to a new role as well ?

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*Note*

Also the form I'm trying to update is (UpdatePriceType) in Open sales orders (Sales and Marketing) There is an update Price drop down control that I want to hide based on a role.

Sales and marketing/Common/Sales orders/Open sales orders

This form below is the one I'm trying to update. The drop down update should be hidden after I change its needed permission property to Manual.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,970 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi Muhammad,

To be able to hide the control, only the neededpermission change is sufficient as mentioned above. Only when you want to grant acces, you have to add the control.

You have to test without the system administrator role assigned. Only the role that you created and the system user role. This is because the system administrator is bypassing all security. Eventually, you can use the Security Development Tool (Available on LCS Tools) to test roles without changing role settings or users.

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Thank You Andre- I will test these changes and then I will mark your answer as valid.

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