diff --git a/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.react.js b/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.react.js
index f640ea058e..3155557934 100644
--- a/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.react.js
+++ b/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.react.js
@@ -214,12 +214,13 @@ export default class BrowserCell extends Component {
   //#endregion
 
   render() {
-    let { type, value, hidden, width, current, onSelect, onEditChange, setCopyableValue, setRelation, onPointerClick, row, col, field, onEditSelectedRow, readonly } = this.props;
+    let { type, value, hidden, width, current, onSelect, onEditChange, setCopyableValue, setRelation, onPointerClick, row, col, field, onEditSelectedRow, readonly, isRequired, markRequiredField } = this.props;
     let content = value;
+    let isNewRow = row < 0;
     this.copyableValue = content;
     let classes = [styles.cell, unselectable];
     if (hidden) {
-      content = '(hidden)';
+      content = value !== undefined || !isNewRow ? '(hidden)' : isRequired ? '(required)' : '(undefined)';
       classes.push(styles.empty);
     } else if (value === undefined) {
       if (type === 'ACL') {
@@ -228,6 +229,7 @@ export default class BrowserCell extends Component {
         this.copyableValue = content = '(undefined)';
         classes.push(styles.empty);
       }
+      content = isNewRow && isRequired && value === undefined ? '(required)' : content;
     } else if (value === null) {
       this.copyableValue = content = '(null)';
       classes.push(styles.empty);
@@ -303,6 +305,10 @@ export default class BrowserCell extends Component {
       classes.push(styles.current);
     }
     
+    if (markRequiredField && isRequired && !value) {
+      classes.push(styles.required);
+    }
+    
     return readonly ? (
       <Tooltip placement='bottom' tooltip='Read only (CTRL+C to copy)' visible={this.state.showTooltip} >
         <span
@@ -324,7 +330,7 @@ export default class BrowserCell extends Component {
             }
           }}
         >
-          {row < 0 ? '(auto)' : content}
+          {isNewRow ? '(auto)' : content}
         </span>
       </Tooltip>
     ) : (
diff --git a/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.scss b/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.scss
index 4dea0e557a..fdcd93ee16 100644
--- a/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.scss
+++ b/src/components/BrowserCell/BrowserCell.scss
@@ -35,3 +35,18 @@
     bottom: 0;
   }
 }
+
+.required {
+  position: relative;
+
+  &:after {
+    position: absolute;
+    pointer-events: none;
+    content: '';
+    border: 2px solid #ff395e;
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    right: 0;
+    bottom: 0;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/BrowserRow/BrowserRow.react.js b/src/components/BrowserRow/BrowserRow.react.js
index da8302e5e9..d77d3f223d 100644
--- a/src/components/BrowserRow/BrowserRow.react.js
+++ b/src/components/BrowserRow/BrowserRow.react.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default class BrowserRow extends Component {
   }
 
   render() {
-    const { className, columns, currentCol, isUnique, obj, onPointerClick, order, readOnlyFields, row, rowWidth, selection, selectRow, setCopyableValue, setCurrent, setEditing, setRelation, onEditSelectedRow, setContextMenu, onFilterChange } = this.props;
+    const { className, columns, currentCol, isUnique, obj, onPointerClick, order, readOnlyFields, row, rowWidth, selection, selectRow, setCopyableValue, setCurrent, setEditing, setRelation, onEditSelectedRow, setContextMenu, onFilterChange, markRequiredField, requiredColumnFields } = this.props;
     let attributes = obj.attributes;
     return (
       <div className={styles.tableRow} style={{ minWidth: rowWidth }}>
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export default class BrowserRow extends Component {
               hidden = true;
             }
           }
+          let isRequired = requiredColumnFields && requiredColumnFields.includes(name);
           return (
             <BrowserCell
               key={name}
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ export default class BrowserRow extends Component {
               objectId={obj.id}
               value={attr}
               hidden={hidden}
+              isRequired={isRequired}
+              markRequiredField={markRequiredField}
               setCopyableValue={setCopyableValue}
               setContextMenu={setContextMenu}
               onEditSelectedRow={onEditSelectedRow} />
diff --git a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js
index 74422f9a41..6c713556ec 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/Browser.react.js
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
 
       isUnique: false,
       uniqueField: null,
+      markRequiredField: false,
+      requiredColumnFields: []
     };
 
     this.prefetchData = this.prefetchData.bind(this);
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
     this.onDialogToggle = this.onDialogToggle.bind(this);
     this.abortAddRow = this.abortAddRow.bind(this);
     this.saveNewRow = this.saveNewRow.bind(this);
+    this.setRequiredColumnFields = this.setRequiredColumnFields.bind(this);
   }
 
   componentWillMount() {
@@ -280,7 +283,15 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
       required,
       defaultValue
     };
-    this.props.schema.dispatch(ActionTypes.ADD_COLUMN, payload).catch((err) => {
+    this.props.schema.dispatch(ActionTypes.ADD_COLUMN, payload).then(() => {
+      // if new required field column is added, then add field in requiredColumn
+      if (required) {
+        let requiredCols = [...this.state.requiredColumnFields, name];
+        this.setState({
+          requiredColumnFields: requiredCols
+        });
+      }
+    }).catch((err) => {
       this.showNote(err.message, true);
     }).finally(() => {
       this.setState({ showAddColumnDialog: false });
@@ -288,6 +299,10 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
   }
 
   addRow() {
+    if (this.props.params.className === '_User') {
+      // if User class row, then reload requiredFields
+      this.setRequiredColumnFields();
+    }
     if (!this.state.newObject) {
       const relation = this.state.relation;
       this.setState({
@@ -304,6 +319,11 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
         newObject: null
       });
     }
+    if (this.state.markRequiredField) {
+      this.setState({
+        markRequiredField: false
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   saveNewRow(){
@@ -312,6 +332,45 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
       return;
     }
 
+    // check if required fields are missing
+    const className = this.props.params.className;
+    let requiredCols = [];
+    if (className) {
+      let classColumns = this.props.schema.data.get('classes').get(className);
+      classColumns.forEach(({ required }, name) => {
+          if (name === 'objectId' || this.state.isUnique && name !== this.state.uniqueField) {
+            return;
+          }
+          if (!!required) {
+            requiredCols.push(name);
+          }
+          if (className === '_User' && (name === 'username' || name === 'password')) {
+            if (!obj.get('authData')) {
+              requiredCols.push(name);
+            }
+          }
+          if (className === '_Role' && (name === 'name' || name === 'ACL')) {
+            requiredCols.push(name);
+          }
+        });
+    }
+    if (requiredCols.length) {
+      for (let idx = 0; idx < requiredCols.length; idx++) {
+        const name = requiredCols[idx];
+        if (!obj.get(name)) {
+          this.showNote("Please enter all required fields", true);
+          this.setState({
+            markRequiredField: true
+          });
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    if (this.state.markRequiredField) {
+      this.setState({
+        markRequiredField: false
+      });
+    }
     obj.save(null, { useMasterKey: true }).then(
       objectSaved => {
         let msg = objectSaved.className + ' with id \'' + objectSaved.id + '\' created';
@@ -483,6 +542,30 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
       delete filteredCounts[source];
     }
     this.setState({ data: data, filters, lastMax: MAX_ROWS_FETCHED , filteredCounts: filteredCounts});
+    this.setRequiredColumnFields();
+  }
+
+  setRequiredColumnFields() {
+    if (!this.props.schema.data.get('classes')) {
+      return;
+    }
+    let classes = this.props.schema.data.get('classes');
+    const { className } = this.props.params;
+    let requiredCols = [];
+    classes.get(className).forEach(({ required }, name) => {
+      if (!!required) {
+        requiredCols.push(name);
+      }
+      if (className === '_User' && (name === 'username' || name === 'password' || name === 'authData')) {
+        requiredCols.push(name);
+      }
+      if (className === '_Role' && (name === 'name' || name === 'ACL')) {
+        requiredCols.push(name);
+      }
+    });
+    this.setState({
+      requiredColumnFields: requiredCols
+    });
   }
 
   async fetchRelation(relation, filters = new List()) {
@@ -636,7 +719,27 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
     } else {
       obj.set(attr, value);
     }
-    if(isNewObject){
+    
+    if (isNewObject) {
+      // for dynamically changing required placeholder text for _User class new row object
+      if (obj.className === '_User' && attr === 'authData' && value !== undefined) {
+        // username & password are not required
+        this.setState({
+          requiredColumnFields: this.state.requiredColumnFields.filter(field => field !== 'username' && field !== 'password')
+        })
+      }
+
+      if (obj.className === '_User' && (attr === 'username' || attr === 'password') && value !== undefined) {
+        // authData is not required
+        this.setState({
+          requiredColumnFields: this.state.requiredColumnFields.filter(field => field !== 'authData')
+        })
+      }
+
+      if (obj.className === '_User' && obj.get('username') === undefined && obj.get('password') === undefined && obj.get('authData') === undefined) {
+        this.setRequiredColumnFields();
+      }
+      
       this.setState({
         isNewObject: obj
       });
@@ -1076,6 +1179,8 @@ class Browser extends DashboardView {
             onSaveNewRow={this.saveNewRow}
             onAbortAddRow={this.abortAddRow}
 
+            markRequiredField={this.state.markRequiredField}
+            requiredColumnFields={this.state.requiredColumnFields}
             columns={columns}
             className={className}
             fetchNextPage={this.fetchNextPage}
diff --git a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserTable.react.js b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserTable.react.js
index f68853ac59..a893eacbc9 100644
--- a/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserTable.react.js
+++ b/src/dashboard/Data/Browser/BrowserTable.react.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default class BrowserTable extends React.Component {
       }
     }
 
-    let headers = this.props.order.map(({ name, width, visible, preventSort }) => (
+    let headers = this.props.order.map(({ name, width, visible, preventSort, required }) => (
       {
         width: width,
         name: name,
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ export default class BrowserTable extends React.Component {
         targetClass: this.props.columns[name].targetClass,
         order: ordering.col === name ? ordering.direction : null,
         visible,
-        preventSort
+        preventSort,
+        required
       }
     ));
     let editor = null;
@@ -142,6 +143,8 @@ export default class BrowserTable extends React.Component {
               setCopyableValue={this.props.setCopyableValue}
               setContextMenu={this.props.setContextMenu}
               onEditSelectedRow={this.props.onEditSelectedRow}
+              markRequiredField={this.props.markRequiredField}
+              requiredColumnFields={this.props.requiredColumnFields}
             />
             <Button
               value="Add"
diff --git a/src/lib/ColumnPreferences.js b/src/lib/ColumnPreferences.js
index 667dcf576a..86324a6dc6 100644
--- a/src/lib/ColumnPreferences.js
+++ b/src/lib/ColumnPreferences.js
@@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ export function getOrder(cols, appId, className, defaultPrefs) {
   for (let name in cols) {
     requested[name] = true;
     if (!seen[name]) {
-      order.push({ name: name, width: DEFAULT_WIDTH, visible: !defaultPrefs });
+      order.push({ name: name, width: DEFAULT_WIDTH, visible: !defaultPrefs, required: cols[name]['required'] });
       seen[name] = true;
       updated = true;
     }
   }
   let filtered = [];
   for (let i = 0; i < order.length; i++) {
-    const { name, visible } = order[i];
+    const { name, visible, required } = order[i];
 
     // If "visible" attribute is not defined, sets to true
     // and updates the cached preferences.
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ export function getOrder(cols, appId, className, defaultPrefs) {
       order[i].visible = true;
       updated = true;
     }
+    // If "required" attribute is not defined, set it to false
+    if (typeof required === 'undefined') {
+      order[i].required = false;
+    }
     if (requested[name]) {
       filtered.push(order[i]);
     } else {