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Changing a role to add edit capability

  • February 12, 2026
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Hello,

I am kind of a new Admin, so please excuse me if I miss something simple.

I have a role I created that should have full permission to add, delete, and edit records in a table.  I am an Admin, so I can edit the field that is giving us problems.  However, the person in that role cannot edit that same field.  For this particular table I checked everything to give him full access, but he still cannot make changes to this field in any given record.

Any Idea what I am missing.  Is there a time frame thing I don't know about?

 

Best answer by PaulTIKI

Found the answer.  In the Roles>User interface tab the "Hide Multi Record Options" was not checked, but I checked it and the problem resolved.  Hope this helps someone else

 

MarkShnierYou
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  • February 12, 2026

If you look at the field properties for that field and roll down the list of roles, you will probably see that some roles are limited in what they can do (none, view/ edit) . While, this capability to control editing at the field level is powerful, it is somewhat obscure and where possible I try to avoid using that granular control because if you get an app full of these limitations at the field level, it's very hard to maintain.  


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  • February 12, 2026

Found the answer.  In the Roles>User interface tab the "Hide Multi Record Options" was not checked, but I checked it and the problem resolved.  Hope this helps someone else