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Web services set field that is disabled/enabled by workflow
I would like to set a custom field when adding the purchase order using web services.
In the UI, the custom field is enabled on the custom form. the field display type gets disabled in a workflow , triggered on the 'before record load' event.
The field's display type is set to normal after another field is populated.
When trying to set this field thru web services, I get the dreaded ' You do not have permissions to set a value for element custbody_approver_workflow due to one of the following reasons: 1) The field is read-only; 2) An associated feature is disabled; 3) The field is available either when a record is created or updated, but not in both cases
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