Is it possible to remove or disable the ‘New Item’ button at the top of a board (the one in blue), specifically for guests.
The reason being - Our Guests use forms to populate design briefs into a Board - our guests can then view and get updates on the specific board once their form has been submitted - how ever, in some instances our Guest will clink on ‘New Item’ to submit a new brief, rather than using the Form, this causes a number of issues, so we would like to know if its possible to disable this feature for guests.
Hi @marktwalls - have you checked the board permissions? I am not sure what your exact situation is with internals and externals, however you could set the board permissions to “write updates only” and set the folks that need edit access as board owners.
Just echoing what both @mark.anley and @JCorrell have mentioned, in order to limit guest capabilities (i.e. creating new items), you will need to adjust the board permissions as disabling this feature for guests specifically, isn’t currently supported - apologies if this causes any setbacks!
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Hey @BiancaT , when adjusting the board permissions t only add updates, will this affect the form? will the users still be able to fill in forms that will populate the board as new items?
Yes, users will still be able to submit forms via the form link. That said, once those items (/form submissions) populate the board, non-board owners will only be able to view the submissions (due to the permissions set).
Being able to disable the “new item” button would be extremely useful in ensuring data in entered correctly. I have several boards where the goal is to have users (internal employees) enter items using the form. I already made the form the default view for the board and reviewed how to use it, but people still add items by pressing the button and inputting values from left to right in the columns. The point of the form is that there are required questions and this ensures that all the info is there, but more importantly, that the automations on the board run correctly. Some automations are dependent on an item name being set when it is created as opposed to afterwards, so some automations create items that are called “New Item - example” as opposed to using the new name. I’ve created a bunch of automations that notify the creator of an item if fields are missing 1 day, 3 days, and 1 week after the item is created, but this is not the ideal solution. Being able to disable creating an item in any way other than the form would be an amazing solution
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