Conditionally making Field Editable/Read-Only based on user Responsibilities

Requirement: Make field editable for the user with "Siebel Administrator" and read-only for the other responsibilities.

Solution:
Follow below steps to make the field read-only based on responsibilities.


Step1: Create a Calculated Field with the below expression.

IIf (InList("Siebel Administrator",GetProfileAttrAsList('Me.User Responsibilities'))='Y','N','Y')

Explanation:
GetProfileAttrAsList function returns the user responsibilities (which is MVG) in comma seperated list.More documentation on this function in siebel bookshlef can be found here

InList function has syntax as InList("<string to search>","<comma separated values>") . This function will searches for the string in Comma Separated Values.


Step2 : Use this calculated field in BC User Property to make the required field to be editable only to the siebel Administrator Responsibility.

Name: Field Read Only Field: <Field to be editable>
Value: Calculated Field Created in Step1

In the above example the field is displays as editable only for the users with "Siebel Administrator" Responsibility and read-only for user who doesn't have "Siebel Administrator" responsibility.