SecuritySuite - SuiteCRM and CE Teams

So currently there is no way to give two users access to the same record but limit the fields one of those users can view?

Yes you can hide/show fields for specific groups so that two users can access the same record, but limit the fields that a user can view. The original question of what if a user is in two groups is a more difficult one. If a user is in two groups and Group 1 has a custom group layout and Group 2 does not have a custom group layout it will apply the Group 1 layout. Same if Group 2 has a layout but not Group 1. The issue is if both Group 1 and Group 2 has a custom group layout. In that case it will grab one of the groups by chance (whichever group the user was assigned to first, I believe) and display that for the user.

A possible solution to this conflict issue is to be able to mark a group as the "Primary Group" for a user. It would then use that group's custom layout (if one exits). That is something I can definitely add. There just hasn't been a reason to up to this point since no one has needed to handle that unique situation.

the primary group solution would be great! Do you know long it would take to add in that functionality?

How can I hide the fields for a specific group without doing it through the layouts?

What version of SugarCRM are you on? I could have something read for Monday of next week.

To do it without layouts you would need to do some somewhat challenging work in each custom view. The easiest (not fully secure) way is to output javascript after calling parent::display() and removing the fields you need to hide from the DOM.

Yes, you will be able to download it here. What version of SugarCRM are you on? I'll do it for your version first.

Waiting for download it. For any CE version.

connectkz,

Since you made a purchase here you can go to Account->Purchases and from there open your order and download the file that matches the version of SecuritySuite that you are on.

Custom layouts are in all versions. This specific issue of being able to specify the primary group for a user who is a member of multiple groups so that the desired custom layout shows is only available in 6.5.15 and up. This is not needed if a user is a member of multiple groups, but only 1 group has a custom layout. The change solves the case where a user is a member of multiple groups and 2 or more of those groups have custom layouts defined.

Prior to 6.5.15 it just grabs the first custom layout when that case occurs. Features generally do not get implemented in past versions because of how massive of an effort it is to back port to the very large number of past SugarCRM versions (generally about 10-12 SugarCRM releases a year).

Yes I know, I would need this functionality in 6.5.13 if possible. Thanks.

So it works when developer mode is on? Can you try upgrading to SuiteCRM 7.6.5 and then install the latest SecuritySuite for 7.6.5? This should solve the issue along with patching many other SuiteCRM security bugs found since 7.3.1. If not, then there is likely a permissions and/or a caching issue happening.

For something like you need I suggest posting on the SuiteCRM forums here: https://suitecrm.com/forum/index