How to show different Detail page layout of a custom object on the basis of User's Profile's Field's value in salesforce

Question

I have two layouts for a custom object i.e. "Company__c". Now I wan to use a layout according to the selection of a pick-list value in user profile i.e. System Administrator. Lets say I have two layouts named as Layout_1 and Layout_2, such both layouts have different fields and sections.

And there is a pick-list field in system administrator profile having two values named as Value1 and Value2. On selection of Value1, The object Company__c should use/show Layout_1 and on selection of Value2, it should use/show Layout_2.

How can I do this? Please help me.

Answer 1

The detail page layout depends on the profile the user is assigned to. It can not be linked to the field value.

What you can do is to override a standard page layout with a visualforce page. You will get a full control on the look & feel of the page and additionally you can control visibility of the fields shown to certain users based on their data (eg. profile, profile field value etc.)

Answer 2

I got the answer for my question. We can do it by using visualforce page layouts. i.e. the pages made by us in visualforce.

Here I queried the required field from system administrator profile, and on the basis of the value of the field, I made page-reference to the desired page. That's what I have done to solve this problem and I got my desired result. :) I believe it will help others too.