{"id":24134,"date":"2025-02-18T10:58:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T10:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/?p=24134"},"modified":"2025-02-18T10:58:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T10:58:11","slug":"questions-regarding-update-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/questions-regarding-update-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions Regarding Update Requests","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u00a0Today we are answering a common question regarding Update Requests.<br><br>&#x1f9d0; <strong>&#8220;I want to use an Update Request workflow to capture extra data in an existing row, but I don&#8217;t want the user to be able to change the data I already have. How do I include the<br>existing data but protect it from editing within the Update Request Form?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The answer?<br><strong>Lock the column<\/strong> in the underlying sheet.<br><br>If you include a locked column in an Update Request form, then the data within that column will SHOW in the form but will remain UNEDITABLE.  &#x1f64c;<br><br>All our Top Tip Tuesdays are available on our website click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/smarterbusinessprocesses.com\/our-tips-and-tricks\/\">check out the archives. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Today we are answering a common question regarding Update Requests. &#x1f9d0; &#8220;I want to use an Update Request workflow to capture extra data in an existing row, but I don&#8217;t want the user to be able to change the data I already have. 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