Custom controller for RecordView, demonstrates dynamic required fields based on current user

record.js

({
	
	/* Author: Angel Magaña -- [email protected]
	*  File: ./custom/modules/<Module>/clients/base/views/record/record.js
	*	
	*  Custom controller for RecordView demonstrating dynamic required attribute
	*  (leads module is used for the example)
	*/
	
	extendsFrom: 'RecordView',
	
	initialize: function(options){
		this._super('initialize', [options]);
		
		//Here we check the user name for the currenlty logged in user
		if (app.user.get('user_name') === 'SomeUser')
		{
			/* Set the "required" attribute to true on the 'title' field
			on the Leads field for user "SomeUser" */
			this.model.fields['title']['required'] = true;
		}
	
	},

})

If you need to apply this customization to the process of creating a record, do the following:

1. Change extendsFrom: 'RecordView', to extendsFrom: 'CreateView',
2. Create the file as create-actions.js and place in ./custom/modules//clients/base/views/create-actions/