Module 10 - Additional Security Options Flashcards
What are two additional security features available to complement the central model?
Field Security and Access Team Templates.
What does Field Security do?
Lets you restrict who can read or edit contents of a custom field, even if user has permissions to view or edit a record. For more precise control.
What does the Access Team Templates and Access Teams do?
Access Teams are created from the Access Team Templates are created to provide a way for users to easily link colleagues to a record to give them permissions. Similar to sharing, but apply permissions that have been centrally defined.
Does auditing control security or prevent actions that can occur?
No, it keeps a record of changes made to the data and the system configuration. Can identify changes made.
What do field security profiles do?
Controls access to custom fields in system entities and custom entities.
How are field security profiles different from security roles?
Security Roles control access at record level. Field Security Profiles controls access to custom fields, in system and custom entities.
Field security applies to?
All methods used to view and update data. Including Reports, Quick Find, Charts, Filtered views, Auditing logs, duplicate Detection, Data Import wizard, etc.
How can you control access to fields in forms?
Use Business Rules or client-side programming to make fields read-only or hidden as required.
A custom field can be enabled for Field Security where?
In the field customization form.
Once a field is enabled for field security and entity is published, what happens?
Field is secure and user no longer has access to the field.
What does the padlock on the field mean?
User cannot edit due to field security, read only, business rule or javascript set.
A field enabled for field security displays what symbol next to the field in the form editor?
Key.
What are the three levels of permissions you can grant on a secure field?
Read, Update, Create
What does the Field Security Profile; Read allow a user to do?
View data in field.
What does the Field Security Profile; Update allow a user to do?
Can change data in the field.
What does the Field Security Profile; Create allow a user to do?
Can enter data in field when he/she creates a record.
Field permissions for each field in a Field Security Profile applies to who?
Every User and Team linked to the Field Security Profile. Permissions operate independently.
Can you add multiple Users and Teams to a Field Security Profile?
Yes. Least restrictive combination applies.
If you have a field enabled for field security and users only have create, what is the recommended practice?
Making that same field Business Required so that users won’t incorrectly create a record without completing a value for the field.
What properties does the System Administrator Field Security Profile possess?
Every secured field, permission is set to yes. Profile can’t be deleted. Automatically populated with user/team with System Administrator Security Role. User/Team added cannot be removed. Others can be added. Does not appear in list of Field Security Profiles in Solution.
How to create a Field Security Profile?
Solution > field security profiles > New > Name, Description > Save
How to add Teams or Users as members to a Field Security Profile?
Teams/Users in nav pane > Add > Select to add Teams/Users to Selected Records > Add
How to configure permissions for the field that have field security enabled?
Field Permissions > Select one or more fields > Edit > Yes or No for three available (allow read, allow update, allow create) > Ok > save and close
If a field is enabled for field security it is secure by default meaning…
If you add Users / Teams and all field permissions are NO is the same as not adding the Users or Teams