Hide Edit button in Data View web part based on Person / Group column

Question

I am working on a customized Project Management solution using SharePoint. I have a data view web part which displays all the project data including Project Name / Project Manager. I have a Edit button in front of each line item which opens Edit Form for the respective line item. Each Items have a different Project Managers so I can not create clear permission groups in this case.

I want to show Edit button only for the Project Managers not for anyone else. Is there any way I can achieve this ?

Thanks in advance for your inputs !!

Answer 1

Creates two SharePoint groups, Project Managers and Project Users, then assign Contribute permission to Project Managers and read to Project Users. This way, only Project Managers will be able to edit items.