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Hierarchy Security Setup Guide

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Hi,

 

Currently I am researching about Hierarchy Security based on this document. I want to apply Manager hierarchy for our system. I did some tests and got into some issues. Here are my steps and test case. 

 

1. I created a custom entity and enable the Hierarchy Security in the Advance Setting, and I select the custom entity.

2. I created a Security Role and set the Create/Read/Write/Delete/Append/Append To/Assign/Share to User level.

3. I created a Team and add all the test users, and assign the custom Security Role and the role Common Data Service User

4. I edit all test user and add Manager for them. 

 

Test: I login as the lowest level user and create a record, but I cannot see the record I created. I login as the admin user and see that the record was created. Meaning the test user is missing some Security Roles. 

Try 1: I changed the key level of the custom Security Role from User to Business Unit => now all the test users can see all the records and can fully edit and delete the record that they do no own. 

Try 2: I checked and found out that Common Data Service User only work for non-custom entities, so I changed from Common Data Service User to System Customizer, and reduce the level of the custom Security Role from Business Unit => same result, all the test users can see all the records and can fully edit and delete the record that they do no own. 

 

So now I need some advices of which security role and key level I need to have to setup this correctly this is the summary of my needs:

  • Work with custom entities
  • User in the same level cannot see each other record
  • User in the same level cannot see other users' subordinates record
  • Manager can see the data of the subordinates and the subordinates' subordinates (depends on the defined Depth)

Thank you.

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