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angela
Catalyst II
6 years ago
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What is the purpose of the hide_where_used property in ItemType definitions?

Hi Community, I have discovered that all ItemTypes contain a property "hide_where_used". The property is not visible in the ItemTypes Form editor by default, but of course we can add it manually. T...
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  • christopher_gillis's avatar
    christopher_gillis
    6 years ago

    Hi Angela,

    I haven't seen this property before. My guess would be that it's an older property from before most of the menu options were rendered using CUI and that it's now kept around for legacy purposes. If you want to hide the Where Used from a specific item now, you can do so using CUI. 

    Chris

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christopher_gillis
Community Manager
6 years ago

Hi Angela,

I haven't seen this property before. My guess would be that it's an older property from before most of the menu options were rendered using CUI and that it's now kept around for legacy purposes. If you want to hide the Where Used from a specific item now, you can do so using CUI. 

Chris

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    angela
    Catalyst II
    6 years ago

    Hi Chris,

    when I now think about this one it´s probably super legacy. Even the hide_where_used for ItemType "User" doesn´t makes much sense. As we cannot specify a target identity, Where Used would have been also be hidden for Admins. 

    The CUI option is really the best variant for this one![emoticon:fbd079a1c4f748c5a234faee215de9cc]

    Thanks for taking your time!