Dustin, A field that is not in the view does not appear in the Field menu for an Advanced Search. So this might be a good way to limit what users are searching on. Of course if you have a savy user they can always type the field name with quotes (e.g. ‘Wigit Name’) but I haven’t found anyone who does that.
Mark From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of LJ LongWing Sent: Friday, November 18, 2016 3:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: ARS 9.1: Question about hiding fields ** Dustin, The main advantage is the fact that the field isn't taking up any screen real estate anywhere on the form. The object still exists on the form, is still transferred to the client, so it's not a transport advantage, but the fact that the field's not cluttering up the display is a maintenance advantage :) On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Fawver, Dustin <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: ** Greetings! During my analysis of workflow for the migration to ARS 9.1, I have found that fields can be hidden in several ways. - Hidden explicitly by the field's properties - Placed in a panel page that the user doesn't not have permissions to. - Removed from the user's view - The field not being placed in any view I found some fields being referenced in workflow that existed on the form but that weren't in any views. Are there any advantages or disadvantages to having a field that's not present in any view versus a field that is simply hidden? Thanks for your input. --Dustin Fawver HelpDesk Technician Information Technology Services East Tennessee State University [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" and have been for 20 years_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org "Where the Answers Are, and have been for 20 years"
