Hide Fields Using Permission Levels in SharePoint Using Java Script

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to a new important article for all developers of which we will hide the form fields based on their permission we require.

So suppose I have a form with 10 fields and I want a few of them to be only visible to certain users. So what will I do?

Let's hit the topic.

First create a group and keep all users you want to have access to all fields in a form in that group.
Other users who have access to the form but no access to those special fields can be added anywhere in the site to any permission level.
Now in that form add the following JavaScript code in new, edit as well as a view item.
For me I have hidden the Status, Any comments, reviewed By and Response fields for general users.
Now what I am doing is, I am calling sp services to check whether the logged in user is one among my "Request Team" group.
If he is not he will not be able to view edit or create the preceding fields.
But if he is one among the users in the group he will be able to see all other fields since he has special rights to see them.

Code

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function () {
$("Select[title$='Status']").closest('tr').hide();
$("textarea[title$='Any Comments']").parent('span').parent('td').parent('tr').hide();
$("Select[title$='Reviewed By']").closest('tr').hide();
$("[title$='Response']").closest('tr').hide();
$().SPServices({
operation: "GetGroupCollectionFromUser",
userLoginName: $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser(),
async: false,
completefunc: function (xData, Status) {
if (($(xData.responseXML).find("Group[Name='Request Team']").length == 1)) {
$("Select[title$='Status']").closest('tr').show();
$("textarea[title$='Any Comments']").parent('span').parent('td').parent('tr').show();
$("Select[title$='Reviewed By']").closest('tr').show();
$("[title$='Response']").closest('tr').show();
}
}
});
});
</script>

Don't you think it is a neat job rather than working on Infopath forms and setting up the rules?

Keep learning.

Cheers.