---
title: Setup for Restricted Users
product: Survey Creator
description: You can limit how much your content manager can edit or format a form definition in your in-house form builder tool to make sure the related domain model remains unchanged. View the free demo for JavaScript to learn more.
framework: Angular
source: https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/angular
index: https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/overview.md
---
# Setup for Restricted Users (Angular)
This example demonstrates how you can configure Survey Creator to ensure that users do not break the synchronization between a domain model and a survey JSON schema. This functionality is part of a wider use case described in the following help topic: [No-code Editor for Domain Models](https://surveyjs.io/documentation/no-code-editor-for-domain-models).
Domain model properties and form fields have synchronized names and types. To keep the synchronization intact, users should not add, delete, or duplicate questions and change question names or types. Refer to the Survey Creator configuration in code to see how you can disallow these actions.
## Files
### `src/app/components/creator.component.css`
```css
/* You can define custom CSS rules here */
```
### `src/app/components/creator.component.html`
```html
```
### `src/app/components/survey_json.js`
```js
export const formJSON = {
"name": "PatientAssessment",
"title": "Patient Assessment Form",
"checkErrorsMode": "onValueChanged",
"questionErrorLocation": "bottom",
"pages": [
{
"name": "PatientInformation",
"title": "Patient information",
"navigationTitle": "Patient information",
"elements": [
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "patient-information",
"title": "All fields with an asterisk (*) are required fields, and must be filled out in order to process the information in strict confidentiality.",
"elements": [
{
"type": "text",
"name": "FirstName",
"title": "First name",
"isRequired": true
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "LastName",
"startWithNewLine": false,
"title": "Last name",
"isRequired": true
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "SSN",
"title": "Social Security number",
"requiredErrorText": "You SSN must be a 9-digit number.",
"isRequired": true
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "BirthDate",
"startWithNewLine": false,
"title": "Date of birth",
"isRequired": true,
"inputType": "date"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "Concerns",
"title": "List any concerns you want to talk about during your visit"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "HealthHistory",
"title": "Health history",
"navigationTitle": "Health history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "health-history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "Diabetes",
"title": "Do you have diabetes?",
"startWithNewLine": false
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "HighBloodPressure",
"title": "High blood pressure?",
"startWithNewLine": false
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "HighCholesterol",
"title": "High cholesterol?",
"startWithNewLine": false
},
{
"type": "comment",
"name": "OtherHealthConditions",
"title": "Do you have other health conditions?"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "SocialHistory",
"title": "Social history",
"navigationTitle": "Social history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "social-history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "smoking",
"elements": [
{
"type": "radiogroup",
"name": "Cigarettes",
"title": "Do you smoke cigarettes?",
"choices": [
{
"value": "never",
"text": "Never"
},
{
"value": "yes",
"text": "Yes"
},
{
"value": "quit",
"text": "Quit"
}
]
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "CigarettesPacksPerDay",
"visibleIf": "{Cigarettes} = 'yes'",
"title": "How many packs a day?",
"inputType": "number",
"min": 0
},
{
"name": "date-quit",
"title": "CigarettesDateQuit",
"inputType": "date",
"maxValueExpression": "today()",
"visibleIf": "{Cigarettes} = 'quit'"
},
{
"name": "CigarettesYearsSmoked",
"title": "Years smoked",
"inputType": "number",
"min": 0,
"visibleIf": "{Cigarettes} = 'quit'"
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "CigarettesVape",
"title": "Do you vape (e-cigarettes)?"
}
]
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "alcohol-use-history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "Alcohol",
"title": "Do you drink alcohol?"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "DrinksPerWeek",
"inputType": "number",
"visibleIf": "{Alcohol} = true",
"title": "How many drinks per week?"
}
],
"startWithNewLine": false
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "drug-use-history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "checkbox",
"name": "RecreationalDrugs",
"title": "Do you use recreational drugs?",
"choices": [
{
"value": "rarely",
"text": "Rarely"
},
{
"value": "marijuana",
"text": "Marijuana"
},
{
"value": "cocaine",
"text": "Cocaine"
},
{
"value": "opioids",
"text": "Opioids"
}
],
"showOtherItem": true,
"otherPlaceholder": "Please specify... ",
"otherText": "Other",
"showNoneItem": true,
"noneText": "Never",
"colCount": 3
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "DrugUseTimesPerMonth",
"visibleIf": "{RecreationalDrugs} anyof ['rarely', 'marijuana', 'cocaine', 'opioids', 'other']",
"title": "How many times per month",
"description": "If you take different types of drugs, please specify the frequency of use for each in a 'drug - # times/month' format."
}
]
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "personal-info",
"elements": [
{
"type": "dropdown",
"name": "Education",
"title": "What is your highest level of education completed?",
"choices": [
{
"value": "high-school",
"text": "High School"
},
{
"value": "trade-school",
"text": "Trade School"
},
{
"value": "college",
"text": "College"
},
{
"value": "post-graduate",
"text": "Post-graduate degree(s)"
}
]
},
{
"type": "dropdown",
"name": "MaritalStatus",
"title": "What is your marital status?",
"choices": [
{
"value": "married",
"text": "Married"
},
{
"value": "partnership",
"text": "Partnership"
},
{
"value": "divorced",
"text": "Divorced"
},
{
"value": "separated",
"text": "Separated"
},
{
"value": "single",
"text": "Single"
},
{
"value": "widow",
"text": "Widow(er)"
}
]
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "sexual-life",
"elements": [
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "SexuallyActive",
"title": "Are you sexually active?"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "SexualPartnersNumber",
"title": "How many sexual partners do you have?",
"inputType": "number",
"min": 0
},
{
"type": "radiogroup",
"name": "SexualPartnersGender",
"titleLocation": "hidden",
"choices": [
{
"value": "men",
"text": "Men"
},
{
"value": "women",
"text": "Women"
},
{
"value": "both",
"text": "Both"
}
],
"colCount": 3
},
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "Contraception",
"title": "Do you use contraception?"
},
{
"type": "comment",
"name": "ContraceptionComment",
"title": "What type of contraception do you use?",
"visibleIf": "{Contraception} = true"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "employment-exercises-children",
"startWithNewLine": false,
"elements": [
{
"type": "radiogroup",
"name": "Employment",
"title": "Are you employed?",
"choices": [
{
"value": "yes",
"text": "Yes"
},
{
"value": "no",
"text": "No"
},
{
"value": "retired",
"text": "Retired"
}
],
"colCount": 3
},
{
"type": "comment",
"name": "EmploymentComment",
"title": "Type of work"
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "physical-activity",
"elements": [
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "DoExercise",
"title": "Do you exercise?"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "ExerciseActivityType",
"title": "Type of activity",
"visibleIf": "{DoExercise} = true"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "ExerciseActivityFrequency",
"title": "How often?",
"visibleIf": "{DoExercise} = true"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "ExerciseActivityDuration",
"title": "How long per activity?",
"visibleIf": "{DoExercise} = true"
}
]
},
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "children",
"elements": [
{
"type": "boolean",
"name": "HaveChildren",
"title": "Do you have children?"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "ChildrenNumber",
"title": "# of children",
"inputType": "number",
"visibleIf": "{HaveChildren} = true"
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "ChildrenAges",
"title": "Their ages",
"visibleIf": "{HaveChildren} = true"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "SurgicalHistory",
"title": "Surgical history / recent hospitalizations",
"navigationTitle": "Surgical history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "comment",
"name": "SurgeryDescription",
"title": "Date and type of surgery / procedure"
}
]
},
{
"name": "FamilyHistory",
"title": "Family history",
"navigationTitle": "Family history",
"elements": [
{
"type": "matrixdynamic",
"name": "FamilyHistory",
"cellType": "text",
"titleLocation": "hidden",
"rowCount": 1,
"columns": [
{
"name": "Relation"
},
{
"name": "HealthConditions",
"title": "Health conditions"
},
{
"name": "CancerHistory",
"title": "Family history of cancer"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "PreventiveCare",
"title": "Preventive care",
"navigationTitle": "Preventive care",
"elements": [
{
"type": "panel",
"name": "preventive-care",
"elements": [
{
"type": "matrixdynamic",
"name": "RecentShots",
"title": "Recent shots from a doctor or pharmacist",
"rowCount": 0,
"columns": [
{
"name": "Name",
"cellType": "dropdown",
"isRequired": true,
"choices": [
{
"value": "flu",
"text": "Flu"
},
{
"value": "shingles",
"text": "Shingles"
},
{
"value": "pneumonia",
"text": "Pneumonia"
},
{
"value": "tetanus",
"text": "Tetanus"
},
{
"value": "other",
"text": "Other"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Date",
"cellType": "text",
"inputType": "date"
},
{
"name": "Place",
"cellType": "text"
}
]
},
{
"type": "matrixdynamic",
"name": "RecentTests",
"title": "Recent tests or procedures",
"rowCount": 0,
"columns": [
{
"name": "Name",
"isRequired": true,
"cellType": "dropdown",
"choices": [
{
"value": "colonoscopy",
"text": "Colonoscopy"
},
{
"value": "cologuard",
"text": "Cologuard"
},
{
"value": "mammogram",
"text": "Mammogram"
},
{
"value": "pap",
"text": "PAP"
},
{
"value": "other",
"text": "Other"
}
]
},
{
"name": "Date",
"cellType": "text",
"inputType": "date"
},
{
"name": "Place",
"cellType": "text"
}
]
},
{
"type": "matrixdynamic",
"name": "Specialists",
"cellType": "text",
"columns": [
{
"name": "Provider",
"title": "Provider's first and last name"
},
{
"name": "Speciality",
"title": "Speciality"
},
{
"name": "City",
"title": "Town/City"
}
],
"rowCount": 1
},
{
"type": "matrixdynamic",
"name": "Medications",
"cellType": "text",
"rowCount": 1,
"columns": [
{
"name": "Name"
},
{
"name": "Dose"
},
{
"name": "TimesPerDay",
"title": "Times per day"
}
]
},
{
"type": "matrixdynamic",
"name": "Allergies",
"cellType": "text",
"rowCount": 1,
"columns": [
{
"name": "Type"
},
{
"name": "Reaction"
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "Symptoms",
"elements": [
{
"type": "tagbox",
"name": "Symptoms",
"title": "Please select any symptoms you have now or have had in the past month.",
"choices": [
"Fever",
"Chills",
"Feeling poorly",
"Feeling tired",
"Weight gain",
"Weight loss",
"Chest pain",
"Heart pounding",
"Fast pulse",
"Slow pulse",
"Leg pain with exercise",
"Leg swelling",
"Joint pain",
"Neck pain",
"Joint swelling",
"Joint stiffness",
"Muscle aches",
"Back pain",
"Sores",
"Rash",
"Itching",
"Change in a mole",
"Unusual growth/spot"
]
},
{
"type": "text",
"name": "CurrentDate",
"title": "Today's date:",
"titleLocation": "left",
"inputType": "date",
"defaultValueExpression": "today()"
}
]
}
],
"showTOC": true,
"completeText": "Submit",
"showPreviewBeforeComplete": true,
"widthMode": "static",
"width": "1200px"
};
```
### `src/app/components/creator.component.ts`
```ts
import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { SurveyCreatorModel } from "survey-creator-core";
import "survey-core/survey.i18n";
import "survey-creator-core/survey-creator-core.i18n";
import { settings } from "survey-creator-core";
import { formJSON } from "./survey_json";
import "survey-core/survey-core.css";
import "survey-creator-core/survey-creator-core.css";
import SurveyTheme from "survey-core/themes";
import { registerCreatorTheme } from "survey-creator-core";
registerCreatorTheme(SurveyTheme); // Add predefined Survey Creator UI themes
// Hide the "Add Question" button from the design surface
settings.designer.showAddQuestionButton = false;
function isObjColumn(obj) {
return !!obj && obj.getType() === "matrixdropdowncolumn";
}
@Component({
// tslint:disable-next-line:component-selector
selector: "component-survey-creator",
templateUrl: "./creator.component.html",
styleUrls: ["./creator.component.css"]
})
export class SurveyCreatorComponent implements OnInit {
model: SurveyCreatorModel;
ngOnInit() {
const creator = new SurveyCreatorModel();
const panelItem = creator.toolbox.getItemByName("panel");
// Allow restricted users to add only panels. If you want to hide the entire Toolbox, set `creator.showToolbox = false;`
creator.toolbox.clearItems();
creator.toolbox.addItem(panelItem);
// Change the default question type to "panel"
creator.currentAddQuestionType = "panel";
creator.onElementAllowOperations.add((_, options) => {
// Disallow restricted users to change question types, delete questions, or copy them
options.allowChangeType = false;
options.allowCopy = false;
const element = options.element;
if (element.isQuestion) {
options.allowDelete = false;
}
if (element.isPage || element.isPanel) {
options.allowDelete = element.questions.length === 0;
}
});
creator.onCollectionItemAllowOperations.add((_, options) => {
// Disallow restricted users to delete columns via adorners on the design surface
options.allowDelete = !isObjColumn(options.item)
});
creator.onConfigureTablePropertyEditor.add((_, options) => {
// Disallow restricted users to add or delete matrix columns via the Property Grid
options.allowAddRemoveItems = options.propertyName !== "columns";
});
creator.onPropertyGetReadOnly.add((_, options) => {
// Disallow restricted users to change cell question type in matrixes
if (options.property.name === "cellType") {
options.readOnly = true;
}
// Disallow restricted users to modify the `name` property for questions and matrix columns
if (options.property.name === "name") {
options.readOnly = options.element.isQuestion || isObjColumn(options.element);
}
});
creator.JSON = formJSON;
this.model = creator;
}
}
```
### `src/app/app.component.html`
```html
```
### `src/app/app.component.ts`
```ts
import { Component } from "@angular/core";
@Component({
selector: "app-root",
templateUrl: "./app.component.html"
})
export class AppComponent {
title = "CodeSandbox";
}
```
### `src/app/app.module.ts`
```ts
import { BrowserModule } from "@angular/platform-browser";
import { NgModule } from "@angular/core";
import { AppComponent } from "./app.component";
import { SurveyCreatorModule } from "survey-creator-angular";
import { SurveyCreatorComponent } from "./components/creator.component";
@NgModule({
declarations: [AppComponent, SurveyCreatorComponent],
imports: [BrowserModule, SurveyCreatorModule],
providers: [],
bootstrap: [AppComponent]
})
export class AppModule { }
```
### `src/environments/environment.prod.ts`
```ts
export const environment = {
production: true
};
```
### `src/environments/environment.ts`
```ts
// The file contents for the current environment will overwrite these during build.
// The build system defaults to the dev environment which uses `environment.ts`, but if you do
// `ng build --env=prod` then `environment.prod.ts` will be used instead.
// The list of which env maps to which file can be found in `.angular-cli.json`.
export const environment = {
production: false
};
```
### `src/index.html`
```html
```
### `src/main.ts`
```ts
import { enableProdMode } from "@angular/core";
import { platformBrowserDynamic } from "@angular/platform-browser-dynamic";
import { AppModule } from "./app/app.module";
import { environment } from "./environments/environment";
if (environment.production) {
enableProdMode();
}
platformBrowserDynamic()
.bootstrapModule(AppModule)
.catch(err => console.log(err));
```
### `src/polyfills.ts`
```ts
/**
* This file includes polyfills needed by Angular and is loaded before the app.
* You can add your own extra polyfills to this file.
*
* This file is divided into 2 sections:
* 1. Browser polyfills. These are applied before loading ZoneJS and are sorted by browsers.
* 2. Application imports. Files imported after ZoneJS that should be loaded before your main
* file.
*
* The current setup is for so-called "evergreen" browsers; the last versions of browsers that
* automatically update themselves. This includes Safari >= 10, Chrome >= 55 (including Opera),
* Edge >= 13 on the desktop, and iOS 10 and Chrome on mobile.
*
* Learn more in https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/guide/browser-support.html
*/
/***************************************************************************************************
* BROWSER POLYFILLS
*/
/** IE9, IE10 and IE11 requires all of the following polyfills. **/
// import 'core-js/es6/symbol';
// import 'core-js/es6/object';
// import 'core-js/es6/function';
// import 'core-js/es6/parse-int';
// import 'core-js/es6/parse-float';
// import 'core-js/es6/number';
// import 'core-js/es6/math';
// import 'core-js/es6/string';
// import 'core-js/es6/date';
// import 'core-js/es6/array';
// import 'core-js/es6/regexp';
// import 'core-js/es6/map';
// import 'core-js/es6/weak-map';
// import 'core-js/es6/set';
/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following for NgClass support on SVG elements */
// import 'classlist.js'; // Run `npm install classlist.js`.
/** IE10 and IE11 requires the following for the Reflect API. */
// import 'core-js/es6/reflect';
/** Evergreen browsers require these. **/
// Used for reflect-metadata in JIT. If you use AOT (and only Angular decorators), you can remove.
import "core-js/proposals/reflect-metadata";
/**
* Required to support Web Animations `@angular/platform-browser/animations`.
* Needed for: All but Chrome, Firefox and Opera. http://caniuse.com/#feat=web-animation
**/
// import 'web-animations-js'; // Run `npm install web-animations-js`.
/***************************************************************************************************
* Zone JS is required by default for Angular itself.
*/
import "zone.js/dist/zone"; // Included with Angular CLI.
/***************************************************************************************************
* APPLICATION IMPORTS
*/
```
### `src/styles.css`
```css
/* You can add global styles to this file and import other style files */
```
### `src/typings.d.ts`
```ts
/* SystemJS module definition */
declare var module: NodeModule;
interface NodeModule {
id: string;
}
```
### `.angular-cli.json`
```json
{
"apps": [
{
"root": "src",
"outDir": "dist",
"assets": [ "assets", "favicon.ico" ],
"index": "index.html",
"main": "main.ts",
"polyfills": "polyfills.ts",
"prefix": "app",
"styles": [ "styles.css" ],
"scripts": [ ],
"environmentSource": "environments/environment.ts",
"environments": {
"dev": "environments/environment.ts",
"prod": "environments/environment.prod.ts"
}
}
]
}
```
### `_tsconfig.json`
```json
{
"compileOnSave": false,
"compilerOptions": {
"baseUrl": "./",
"outDir": "./dist/out-tsc",
"sourceMap": true,
"declaration": false,
"allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
"downlevelIteration": true,
"experimentalDecorators": true,
"moduleResolution": "node",
"importHelpers": true,
"resolveJsonModule": true,
"target": "es2015",
"module": "es2020",
"lib": [
"es2018",
"dom"
]
}
}
```
### `package.json`
```json
{
"name": "surveyjs-angular",
"scripts": {
"ng": "ng",
"start": "ng serve",
"build": "ng build --prod",
"test": "ng test",
"lint": "ng lint",
"e2e": "ng e2e"
},
"private": true,
"dependencies": {
"@angular/animations": "14.1.1",
"@angular/cdk": "14.1.1",
"@angular/common": "14.1.1",
"@angular/compiler": "14.1.1",
"@angular/core": "14.1.1",
"@angular/forms": "14.1.1",
"@angular/platform-browser": "14.1.1",
"@angular/platform-browser-dynamic": "14.1.1",
"@angular/router": "14.1.1",
"core-js": "3.6.4",
"rxjs": "6.5.4",
"survey-angular-ui": "latest",
"survey-creator-core": "latest",
"survey-core": "latest",
"survey-creator-angular": "latest",
"tslib": "1.13.0",
"zone.js": "0.11.7"
},
"devDependencies": {
"@angular-devkit/build-angular": "~13.0.0",
"@angular/cli": "~13.0.0",
"@types/jasmine": "3.6.3",
"@types/jasminewd2": "2.0.8",
"@types/node": "14.14.28",
"codelyzer": "6.0.1",
"jasmine-core": "3.6.0",
"jasmine-spec-reporter": "6.0.0",
"karma": "6.1.1",
"karma-chrome-launcher": "3.1.0",
"karma-coverage-istanbul-reporter": "3.0.3",
"karma-jasmine": "4.0.1",
"karma-jasmine-html-reporter": "1.5.4",
"protractor": "7.0.0",
"ts-node": "9.1.1",
"tslint": "~6.1.3",
"typescript": "4.1.5"
},
"keywords": [ "angular", "surveyjs" ],
"description": "SurveyJS-Angular example project"
}
```
## Other Frameworks
- [React](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/reactjs.md)
- [Vue 3](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/vue3js.md)
- [jQuery](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/jquery.md)
- [Vanilla JS](https://surveyjs.io/survey-creator/examples/setup-for-content-manager/vanillajs.md)