Field-level Permissions for Built-in Fields

Configuration of field-level permissions is separated into two categories:  built-in fields and custom fields.  This topic describes the way you configure field level permissions for built-in fields.

To set field-level permission for built-in fields:

1. Select Administration | Project from the FootPrints toolbar, then selecting User Roles under the Roles section of the main frame.  The User Role Properties page is displayed.
2. A number of options are provided in the Field Permissions section:

• Create Issues

• Specifying Assignees—Use the radio buttons to either permit users to or restrict users with this role from designating assignees when creating an Issue.
• Create New Issues With Statuses of—When the box is checked, the user can assign the specified status when creating an Issue.  When it is not checked, the user cannot assign the specified status.
• Descriptions are mandatory for new Issues created with Statuses of—When the box is checked, data must be entered into the Description field when creating an Issue in the specified status.  When it is not checked, entering data in the Description field is optional.

• Edit Issue—The role properties in this section only apply if the user is able to edit or take the Issue.
• Editing Titles—Allow or disallow users with this role to edit an Issue's Title field.
• Editing Priority—Allow or disallow users with this role to edit an Issue's Priority field.
• Editing Assignees—Use the radio buttons to allow or not allow users with this role to designate assignees when editing an Issue.
• Changing Status—Use this option to restrict which statuses can be changed to either Open or Closed.  For example, you might want to allow a user in the assigned role to only change a status of Request to Open.  To use this option, select the original option that the user sees when editing the Issue from the drop-down list.  Next, check the box to specify the status to which the Issue can be changed.  When this is used, the user can only change the status from the specified original status to the built-in status you specify here.
• Editing Inactive—Allow or disallow editing of inactive (deleted or closed) Issues.
• Editing Most Recent Description—Allow or disallow editing of the most recent Description.
• Mandatory Description Appends—Select a status from the drop-down list and then check one of the checkboxes for either the Open or Closed status.  When the status is the one you selected from the drop-down, it is mandatory for an Agent with this user role to append a Description when changing the status to the specified built-in statuses.