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Social Security Number field Format for Dynamics CRM

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Posted on by GilVTL

I'm trying to create a field in Dynamics CRM that will hold a Social Security number value. Not sure what the best method would be.

Ideally I would prefer the field to hold numbers-only, then get reformatted as XXX-XX-XXXX upon save in Dynamics. Is this possible?

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cchannon 4,702 Moderator on at

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You could write a bunch of JS to do that masking, but really it would only look secure and could be easily circumvented by a user who knows just a little bit about web browsers.

Instead, Id suggest that you use Field level security to hide the real value. This will actually provide real security, though it will not display with hyphens or enforce the presence of hyphens (link).

... You can also (separately) enforce the presence of hyphens (so when entering a value users can just enter 9 numbers and they hyphens will magically appear) using input masking (link).

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gulshankhurana 1,397 Moderator on at

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Hi @gsfortis

The input mask control would have been useful however it's been retired/deprecated now. An alternative would be to use a PCF control. You can either build your own control or there are various input mask controls that you can download from the following website:
https://pcf.gallery

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GilVTL 19 on at

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I think this is the answer I was looking for-- just not the answer I wanted.

The deprecated Input Mask Control is what I want, and I'm sad it's already retired. I didn't find any pre-built PCF solutions for the format I want (not for an American SSN), and I just don't think building my own is within my skillset.

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