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Hello,

Can anyone suggest a workaround to applying field-level security on the Name field on the Account entity? The one thing that comes to mind is a custom text field and a real-time CRM process to keep the default "name" field value updated.

Thank you,

Bob

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Power Apps Pro Dev & ISV

Hi there Bob,

Well depending on what you want to achieve you can use different workaorunds, in addition to what you mentioned you can also use a business rule to prevent the users to fill information.

if you want some specific users/groups/roles to fill the information probably the best option is to use a webresouce with JavaScript in the onload event of your form, here is a detailed explanation on how to use javascript in dynamics.

https://community.dynamics.com/blogs/post/?postid=ca68d392-abae-47eb-adbe-1c480506d41c

if you can provide more detailed on your requirement i might be able to provide a detailed sample fo the code you should use. but in general it should be something like this:

function setFieldSecurity(executionContext) {
    var formContext = executionContext.getFormContext();

    // Get current user roles
    var userRoles = Xrm.Utility.getGlobalContext().userSettings.roles;

    // Define the role that has permission to edit the field
    var allowedRoleName = "System Administrator";

    var hasAccess = false;

    // Check if the current user has the allowed role
    userRoles.forEach(function (role) {
        if (role.name === allowedRoleName) {
            hasAccess = true;
        }
    });

    // Get the field and set it read-only if the user does not have access
    var fieldName = "name"; // Change to your field name
    if (!hasAccess) {
        formContext.getControl(fieldName).setDisabled(true);
    }
}

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