Selectively mark Excel columns in MDS as Read-Only

Is there an internally supported feature in MDS 2012 Excel add-in wherein we can set some columns (e.g Code column) as Read-Only? The use case we're trying to evaluate is to not allow users to make changes to the Business Key column of an entity (populated
from an actual DW dimension) and instead accept changes to only a few attributes. We'd want to display the read-only attributes for informational purposes to the user.

Hi Muqadder,
In the Master Data Services Add-in for Excel, the following input statuses are possible:
Status
Description
Error
One or more values in the row don’t meet system requirements like length or data type. The value is not updated in the MDS repository.
New Row
The values in the row have not yet been published to the MDS repository.
Read Only
The logged in user has Read-only permissions to one or more values in the row and the value(s) cannot be updated.
Unchanged
No values in the row have been changed in the worksheet. This does not mean the values in the repository have not changed; to get the latest data in the sheet, in the
Connect and Load group, click Load or Refresh.
This is the default setting for each row.
For more information, please see:
Validating Data (MDS Add-in for Excel):
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh479625.aspx
Master Data Services Add-in based on the user permission to determine the data is read-only or not. It is not possible to mark some column as Read-only.
Thanks,
Elvis Long
TechNet Community Support

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