SyteLine Form Personalization Complete Guide
Form personalization is SyteLine's upgrade-safe customization mechanism. It allows administrators and power users to modify form layouts, control field visibility, add conditional logic, and tailor the user experience without writing code or modifying base form definitions. Personalization layers sit on top of the standard form and are preserved during upgrades. Understanding the personalization hierarchy—system-level, role-level, and user-level—and how they interact is key to building a maintainable SyteLine environment.
Personalization Hierarchy and Scope
SyteLine form personalizations operate in a layered hierarchy. System-level personalizations apply to all users and are typically managed by administrators for company-wide requirements. Role-level personalizations target specific user roles—for example, showing cost fields only to finance users. User-level personalizations allow individual users to arrange their workspace. Lower layers override higher ones, meaning a user personalization can override a system personalization on the same form element.
- Apply company-wide requirements at the system level to ensure consistent behavior for all users
- Use role-level personalizations for department-specific field visibility and layout requirements
- Allow user-level personalizations only for non-critical layout preferences like column order
- Document the active personalization layers per form to avoid unexpected override conflicts
Common Personalization Techniques
The most valuable personalizations address field visibility, conditional formatting, default values, and tab organization. Use visibility rules to hide fields irrelevant to specific user roles, reducing form clutter and improving data quality. Conditional formatting highlights fields requiring attention—for example, turning the quantity field red when it exceeds the available stock. Default values populated from user context reduce data entry effort and errors.
- Hide unused fields with visibility rules rather than removing them to preserve upgrade compatibility
- Implement conditional formatting to highlight exception conditions and required fields visually
- Set intelligent defaults based on user context: default warehouse, site, and fiscal parameters
- Reorganize tabs to place the most-used fields on the first tab for each user role
Personalization Governance and Migration
Without governance, personalizations proliferate and create maintenance burden. Establish a change request process for system-level personalizations, limit role-level changes to trained administrators, and periodically audit user-level personalizations for conflicts. When migrating between SyteLine environments, export personalizations using the Form Personalization Export utility and validate them in the target environment before activating.
- Maintain a personalization registry tracking all system and role-level changes with business justification
- Use the Form Personalization Export/Import utility for migrating changes between environments
- Audit user-level personalizations quarterly to remove obsolete or conflicting configurations
- Test personalization interactions when multiple layers affect the same form to verify expected behavior
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