Is it possible to have a field appear twice in once record, one editable, and one read only?

Yes, just make a formula field and simply put the source field name in the formula in square brackets.


So if the source field is [source]. Then make a formula text field called [copy of source] and in the code box in the properties put in, [source].

Just curious, do you have companies table separate from Projects table? Or do you have all the information in just one table?

Relational Database theory would suggest separate tables. Companies >> has many >> Projects.

Chris, you are absolutely right. Which is why I brought up that question. But it is possible that in this case, they either do not have that business situation or haven't considered it yet. It is their call.

Thank you for your help!  In this case, we have Project>>many Tasks.  Company is simply a tab within the Project that houses information on the company needing the project.  That is why I kept it within the same table (and record).

Relational Database Theory would suggest Company >> has many >> Projects >> has many >> Tasks.

When the Company information can be kept and maintained in one place, (one record per company in the Company table), you greatly reduce the risk of redundancy and versioning.

When you open a new project record and manually enter company information there is always the risk of mis-spelling the company name -- then you have a duplicate error.

If you can 'select' the Company record from a drop down list that comes from the Company parent table, you can bring into the Project record lookup information on that Company, i.e. address, contact phone #, current manager, etc. without having to manually enter it. This way makes for a cleaner database as well as other efficiencies server side.

My two cents worth of guidance. Have a good week.