Account Customization

Introduction

In an organization, you can customize users' account items. This includes whether each item is visible and its view rule and modify rule.

When you customize account items in an organization, this configuration takes effect on the home page of all members of that organization.

How to Customize?

Account items have four attributes:

Column Name	Selectable Value	Description
Name	-	Account item name.
Visible	True / False	Select whether this account item is visible on the user home page.
ViewRule	Rule Items	Select a rule to use when viewing the account item. Controls who can view this field.
ModifyRule	Rule Items	Select a rule to use when modifying the account item. Controls who can edit this field.

Understanding View Rule and Modify Rule

View rule and Modify rule provide field-level permission control for user account items:

• View rule: Determines who can see the value of this account field (e.g., email, phone number, address)
• Modify rule: Determines who can change the value of this account field

This is different from the broader Permission feature, which controls access to applications and resources. View rule and Modify rule specifically control access to individual user profile fields.

Configuration Steps

To customize account items, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Organizations in the Casdoor sidebar

2. Click on your organization to open the Edit Organization page

3. Scroll down to the Account items section

   

4. Casdoor provides simple operations to configure account items:

   a. Set item visibility

   Control whether this account item is shown on the user home page:

   

   b. Set viewing and modifying rules

   Configure who can view and modify each field:

   

Available Rules

There are 3 rules available for both View rule and Modify rule:

• Public: Everyone has permission. Any user can view/modify this field for any user.
• Self: Each user has their own permission. Users can only view/modify their own field values.
• Admin: The administrator has permission. Only organization administrators can view/modify this field for users.

Example Use Cases

Here are some common configuration patterns:

Field	View Rule	Modify Rule	Use Case
Name	Public	Self	Everyone can see names, but users can only change their own
Email	Self	Self	Users can only see and change their own email
Phone	Admin	Admin	Only admins can see and change phone numbers (for privacy)
Display name	Public	Self	Public profile name visible to all
Password	Self	Self	Users can only change their own password

tip

Use Admin rules for sensitive fields like phone numbers, addresses, or internal identifiers that should only be managed by administrators.

note

These field-level permissions work in conjunction with the broader Permission system in Casdoor. The Permission system controls access to applications and API resources, while View rule and Modify rule control access to specific user profile fields within the Edit Organization page configuration.

Account Table

Below are all the fields in the account item. For descriptions, you can refer to user.

• Organization
• ID
• Name
• Display name
• Avatar
• User type
• Password
• Email
• Phone
• Country/Region
• Location
• Affiliation
• Title
• Homepage
• Bio
• Tag
• Signup application
• 3rd-party logins
• Properties
• Is admin
• Is global admin
• Is forbidden
• Is deleted