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Conditional Section Visibility Based on Workflow Initiator Membership in a Table

  • August 14, 2026
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poirisop
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Hi,

I'm trying to show or hide a section in my Start Form based on whether the workflow initiator belongs to a specific team.

My approach is as follows:

  • I created a table containing the email addresses of all team members.
  • I store this table in a variable (Table Data) in Data Variables of the start form.
  • In the Start Form, I created a rule that compares the workflow current user email address with the email addresses stored in the table.
  • If there's a match, the section should be displayed; otherwise, it should remain hidden.

The strange part is that the logic works correctly when I test it with my own account, but it does not work for the other users whose email addresses are also listed in the table.

I'm wondering if I'm missing something regarding:

  • How Table Data is evaluated in form rules.
  • Data type or format differences between the initiator email and the email values stored in the table.
  • Limitations when comparing a single value against a Table Data variable.
  • Permissions or user profile differences that could affect the evaluation.

Has anyone implemented a similar solution or encountered this behavior before? Any suggestions on how to properly check whether the workflow current user email exists in a table and use that result to control section visibility would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

The first email is the current user, the second email is the first row of the table