Confiform "field editable by" function not recognizing user

Question

I have a form where multiple people need to edit certain fields at different times in the workflow.

The initial Requestor should be able to edit their entries while an attester should only be able to edit the Attestation field.

If I use the "Editable only by groups/users" functionality on the Requestor entered fields and set the value to [entry.RequestorName] which is set as [user] at time of creation, the requestor can set the values before hitting submit, but can't edit them later.

I'm sure I'm doing something silly and it's a simple fix, but I just can't see it, so any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Answer

Not sure who is RequestorName and if that holds a username, but if you want to restrict the edits (to the field) to few persons then set their usernames as comma separated list in the "Editable only by" parameter

and yes, you can reference another field's value in that parameter via [entry.field_name] notation

Erin Smith · Answer

Hi Alex,

OK, on the form we have a user type field that grabs the information of the initial person who is filling out the form. This is set with a "Set value if empty" rule to set the field to [user].

This works fine.

Once the form is submitted it goes through a work flow where certain people are supposed to edit certain fields (ex: The manager attests that the user data is accurate). So the Manager should be the only person who can edit the Attest field. This works as we can manually enter the manager's id in the "Editable only by" field.

But, we also need the original user (and only the original user) to be able to edit fields in case the manager finds something wrong. This is the piece that is currently not working. When we put [entry.RequestorName] (the field set in step 1), in the "Editable only by" field, it isn't recognizing that same user as the person logged in when they try to edit their entries.

Hope that clears up the issue.

Alex Medved _ConfiForms_ · Answer

sorry, I don’t quite understand. Any simplified example you can provide?

but yes, that is true that if the field is unrestricted then anyone who has enough permissions to edit the record could edit the field value