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Lookup column to systermuser is locked, how to unlock?

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Posted on by Kannan.Balasubramanian 4

Following is the current setup

  1. I belong to a role called "Editor"
  2. This "Editor" role has edit access to a table called "Developers"
  3. "Developers" table has two columns
    1. "Developer" of type Lookup
      1. "Developer" column is a lookup to out of the box "Users" table which internally is called as "systemuser"
      2. "Developer" column has column security enabled
      3. A profile in the admin centre has been created for this column security
      4. The profile has Read/Update/Create enabled
      5. Myself as a user has been added to the profile
    2. "Skills" of type Choice

When I edit a row in the table "Developers", I'm able to edit the "Skills" column but not "Developer" column.

What needs to be done, so that I can edit the "Developer" column as well?

 

Appreciate it if someone can help me resolve this issue.

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  • SBax Profile Picture
    SBax 1,348 on at

    I suspect you are missing the relevant append and append to permissions 

     

    Please refer to this blog for an explanation of how append and append to permissions work

  • Fubar Profile Picture
    Fubar 8,487 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    In addition to Field Level Security Profile, you would need a Security Role with at least read permission on the Table in the Lookup (so you can see the record to be able to select it).  To be able to associate the records you would need Append/Append To privileges for the respective Table (the one in the Lookup and the one the Lookup field is defined against). https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/customerengagement/on-premises/admin/security-roles-privileges?view=op-9-1#record-level-privileges

     

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