How to have a field always read-only in screens while not in model

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#1

Hi

We have calculated fields (statistics) in our entities, they are updated by the system, but must never be edited in screens.

If we define them as read-only in CUBA no setter will be generated so the model will not be able to update these fields.

Of course we can define ourselves a specific setter or the like, but is there a standard way do modelise that in CUBA ? And if not do you think it si worth a future evolution of the platform ?

I think about some kind of @System or @NoUiEdit annotation that you could define in Studio. This is probably the way we will solve this.

Mike

#2

Hi Mike,

I don’t think it is a widely needed requirement, so a special support in Studio would be an overkill in my opinion.

The new Entity Attribute Access Control mechanism should allow you to implement making certain attributes read-only with minimum effort.

#3

Great, in fact this will perfectly do the job. Thanks Konstantin.