Default form design permissions

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title: Default form design permissions
description: By default, new application data tables have the following form design permissions.
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# Default form design permissions

By default, new application data tables have the following form design permissions.

|Form design action|Permission setting|
|------------------|------------------|
|Create new sections in tables belonging to another application scope|Allowed|
|Create new fields in sections belonging to the same application scope|By default, denied. Requires application designer to set **Allow configuration** for application table.|
|Add or remove fields from sections belonging to the same application scope|Allowed|
|Change the order of fields in sections belonging to the same application scope|Allowed|
|Change the order of sections belonging to the same application scope|Allowed|
|Add or remove fields from sections belonging to another application scope|Denied|
|Change the order of fields in sections belonging to another application scope|Denied|
|Change the order of sections belonging to another application scope|Denied|
|Create new fields in sections belonging to another application scope|Denied|