Hiding fields in HCM forms

Hi Experts,
I have following requirement for hiding fields in my form.
I have two screens MANAGER and HR screen.
now i have some input fields which has to be visible in MANAGER screen and
and should be hidden in HR screen.
please let me know how can i achieve this using form calc or java script.
any code will be helpful.
Thanks,
Santosh

Hi sushmita,
Thanks for ur reply.
The solution which you have given i have already tried but not working.
my requirement is like MGR or HR can initiate the process.
if only MGR intiates the process the solution which u have given will work.
but here i have a diff scenario.i have created separate process for HR also but im not able
to see that process on the process list.
so i have to use only one process and resolve this.whatever im writing validation is working
only when MGR initiates the process but fails when HR initiates.
Hope u got my point.any suggestions will be helpful.
Thanks,
santosh

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