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The Control Permissions tab on User Roles allows the user to set permissions (Editable, Disable, Hide or Bypass) for any control (field, button, tab, etc.) on any i21 Screen. This is also where the user can set a field to be Required, give it a custom label name and Default Value.


  • Button
  • Button Drop-down
  • Checkbox
  • Date Picker
  • Drop-down (Combo Box)
  • Grid
  • HyperLink
  • List Box
  • Radio Button
  • Text
  • Text Area
  • Toolbar Buttons
  • Numeric Field (Spin Edit)
  • Tab

Here are the steps on how to setup the Control Permissions:

  1. Login as Security User
  2. On the User's menu panel, expand the System Manager folder
  3. Click the Security Listing Generator, a loading process will show

    Once the list of control are generated the Security Listing Generator screen will show
  4. Click Commit button
  5. Click OK on successful message
  6. Click the User Roles menu
  7. Select and open a User Role on Search User Roles
  8. Click the Control Permissions tab
  9. Click the Add button 
  10. Select controls from the list on Add Control Permissions screen, then click Open Selected toolbar button
  11. Select Permission of the control:
    1. Editable - Allows a user to edit data in the control. 
    2. Disable - Makes a field read-only or a button/tab disabled.
    3. Hide - Hides/Removes a field, button or tab from the screen.
    4. Bypass - Applies to fields where you do not want the cursor to appear when tabbing through the fields.
  12. To change the label of the control, click the field under Custom Label column and enter the desired label.
  13. To set a control to be a required field, tick the check box under Required column.
  14. Click Save toolbar button
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