How to prevent users from changing a cell in Dynamic View
Hi ,
I have a sheet with some data; users need to populate some cells with additional data. How can I prevent them from modifying the existing data?
Best Answer
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Hello! Here are two solutions depending on your use case:
- You can click on a field shown in the detains panel and change the field properties to read only if you want to prevent edits to an entire column.
2. Alternatively, if you'd like a field to be editable up until specific data is entered into a field, you can go into the logic tab and freeze key fields when specific criteria are met.
Hope this helps!
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Hello! Here are two solutions depending on your use case:
- You can click on a field shown in the detains panel and change the field properties to read only if you want to prevent edits to an entire column.
2. Alternatively, if you'd like a field to be editable up until specific data is entered into a field, you can go into the logic tab and freeze key fields when specific criteria are met.
Hope this helps!
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@Almonto1 Thank you! I actually would like to freeze a row, not a column/field. Is there a way to prevent users from changing data in a row?
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You would need to leverage the logic and basically set all fields to read only when the certain conditions are met.
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@Paul Newcome can you please give me an example?
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@User251 You can reference @Almonto1's last comment (2nd portion), but instead of selecting a few key fields, you would select all fields.
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Oh!! I see… thank you both @Paul Newcome @Almonto1 !!!
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Happy to help. 👍️
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