Lock or Unlock a Grid Column

In Screen Designer, you can lock a column in a grid in a hub or Chart of Accounts to allow users to see the column, but not make entries in it.

For more information, see Locking Fields and Grids.

To lock or unlock a column in a grid for a security role:

  1. In the Navigation pane in the browser application, open Screen Designer in one of the following ways:
    • Go to the Hubs section and select the hub that you want to customize, or select Settings > General Ledger > Chart of Accounts to customize the Chart of Accounts. On the Actions bar of the form that displays, select Other Actions > Design.
    • Select Settings > General > Screen Designer. In the Application field at the top of the Screen Designer form, select the application that you want to customize.
  2. On the Screen Designer form, click the grid that has a column that you want to lock.
  3. In the Grid Properties section of the properties pane, click next to the Field Type field.
  4. On the Grid Settings dialog box, in the Grid Columns grid, select the row for the column to lock for a security role.
  5. In the Columns Properties pane, click the Field Security field.
  6. On the Field Security Rights dialog box, do one of the following:
    • If you are locking the grid column for one role only, select Locked in the Locked/Unlocked field in the role's row.
    • If you are locking the grid column for more than one role, select the check box beside each role's row, or select the check box beside the Role column heading to select all roles. Then click the Lock action above the roles grid. Locked is automatically selected in the Locked/Unlocked field.
  7. Click Save.
  8. To unlock a locked grid column, repeat these steps and in step 6, select Unlocked in the Locked/Unlocked field.