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I am working on a site in sharepoint 2010 and have an infopath form attached to a list. The form has two views a user view, for users to enter in information and an admin view that contains fields only for admins to fill out.
How to restrict InfoPath section visibility based on user?
During a recent client build (JPMC), I had a custom SharePoint list InfoPath requirement where I had to restrict a section of the InfoPath form view (I created 4 in total…see more here) to a specific group of users (‘Management Use’ only).
How to customize the InfoPath in iolrequest?
Now let’s return to the InfoPath List Form by clicking the Customize in InfoPath button from any IOLRequest list view. Click on the DATA tab on the InfoPath Ribbon, then go to Manage Data Connections. Add a New connection to ElevatePermissionsUsers list and name it GET-ElevatePermissionsUsers. In the Rules section, click on the Form Load button
How to add a field to an InfoPath?
For simplicity I kept them as single lines of text except the IsAdmin field, however they can be any field type In the first drop-down box change ID and click Select a field or group… From the third drop-down, select Use a fornula… On the Insert Formula dialog, click the middle button Insert Function…
There is a good blog post about how to do this here: http://info.akgroup.com/blog-0/bid/69277/InfoPath-Restrict-visibility-to-users-in-a-SharePoint-Group In an InfoPath form, you can create multiple views. Create as many views as you need then apply the rules to the views based on the current user permission.
How to create data connection in InfoPath 2013?
The basic idea is that you’ll need to create a data connection to your groups using UserGroup.asmx to query if the current user is member, according to the result you can add the proper rules. A. Saeed, you are the first person in about 100 posts I’ve read that fixed this for InfoPath 2013. AMAZING.