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Difference between Display and Enable Rules

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I have looked into various websites, but couldn't find the difference between Display and Enable Rules in Ribbon Workbench ? Kindly assist.

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    Mark Carrington Profile Picture
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    This is largely a historical difference. In CRM 2011 and earlier, buttons could be hidden entirely (using a display rule), or shown but grayed out (using an enable rule). From 2013 onwards, both types of rule result in hiding the button. However, there is still one key difference:

    Display rules are evaluated server-side, while enable rules are evaluated client-side. As a result, there are some types of rules that can be used in one but not the other. For example, you can only use an EntityPrivilegeRule in a display rule, but a CustomRule can only be used in an enable rule.

    Because they are evaluated client-side, enable rules can be re-evaluated on demand using Xrm.Page.ui.refreshRibbon to show/hide buttons dynamically based on changes to the data in the form. Display rules, on the other hand, will only be re-evaluated when the page is refreshed.

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    Kishor Kumar Profile Picture
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    Hi Pankaj,

    Check this below link

    ribbonworkbench.uservoice.com/.../276684-differences-between-crm2011-and-crm2013-ribbon-com

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    Nithya Gopinath Profile Picture
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    Hi Pankaj,

    The following links describes display rules and enable rules.

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg328560.aspx

    msdn.microsoft.com/.../gg334682.aspx

    Hope this helps.

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    Hi All,

    Below is the difference between display rule or enable rule example.

    juniorcrmblog.blogspot.com/.../difference-between-enable-rule-vs.html

    Thanks,

    Arshad

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    crmblogger Profile Picture
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    Display rules are evaluated server-side, while enable rules are evaluated client-side. As a result, there are some types of rules that can be used in one but not the other. For example, you can only use an EntityPrivilegeRule in a display rule, but a CustomRule can only be used in an enable rule.

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