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FieldRestrictionRule

Represents a field visibility rule that controls whether a field is visible to a user, based on the field’s inclusion in the PersonalInfo_EPIM field set. If Enhanced Personal Information Management setting was enabled before Spring ’22, field visibility is based on the field’s compliance categorization. This object is available in API version 52.0 and later.

Supported SOAP API Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve(), update(), upsert()

Supported REST API Methods

DELETE, GET, HEAD, PATCH, POST, Query

Special Access Rules

To access this object, you must have the Manage Sharing permission.
To create and manage Employee field visibility rules, you must be assigned a Workplace Command Center permission set license and the Provides access to Workplace Command Center features system permission.
To create and manage User field visibility rules, you must enable Digital Experiences and the Enhanced Personal Information Management feature.

Fields

Field	Details
Classification	Type string[] Properties Filter Description Required. The data classification compliance categorization or field set that is targeted by the rule. The rule applies to fields that are marked with this categorization or included in this field set. If you enabled Enhanced Personal Information Management before Spring ‘22 (API version 54.0), you can use Salesforce's default compliance categorization values or values that you add yourself. If you enabled Enhanced Personal Information Management after Spring ‘22 (API version 54.0), use the PersonalInfo_EPIM field set or a field set that you add yourself.
ClassificationType	Type ClassificationType (enumeration of type string) Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The type of classification method used in your org. If you enabled Enhanced Personal Information Management before Spring ‘22 (API version 54.0), use `ComplianceCategory`. If you enabled Enhanced Personal Information Management after Spring ‘22, use `FieldSet`. `ComplianceCategory`— `FieldSet`— The default value is `ComplianceCategory`. Available in API version 54.0 and later.
Description	Type textarea Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description Required. The description of the rule.
DeveloperName	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description The unique name for the FieldRestrictionRule object. This name can contain only underscores and alphanumeric characters, and must be unique in your org. It must begin with a letter, not include spaces, not end with an underscore, and not contain two consecutive underscores. This field is automatically generated, but you can supply your own value if you create the record using the API. When creating large sets of data, always specify a unique DeveloperName for each record. If no DeveloperName is specified, performance may slow while Salesforce generates one for each record. Note Only users with View DeveloperName OR View Setup and Configuration permission can view, group, sort, and filter this field. Note
EnforcementType	Type picklist Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Required. The type of rule. Possible values are: `FieldRestrict`—Field visibility rule. Only this value is valid. `Restrict`—Do not use. `Scoping`— Do not use.
FullName	Type string Properties Create, Group, Nillable Description Required. The full name of the associated FieldRestrictionRule in Metadata API. The full name can include a namespaceprefix. Query this field only if the query result contains no more than one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.
IsActive	Type boolean Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Sort Description Indicates whether the rule is active (`true`) or not (`false`). The default value is `false`.
Language	Type picklist Properties Defaulted on create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort Description The language of the field visibility rule. The value for this field is the language value of the org.
MasterLabel	Type string Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description Required. Label for the field visibility rule.
Metadata	Type `mns:`FieldRestrictionRule Properties Create, Nillable, Update Description The field visibility rule’s metadata. Query this field only if the query result contains no more than one record. Otherwise, an error is returned. If more than one record exists, use multiple queries to retrieve the records. This limit protects performance.
RecordFilter	Type textarea Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. The criteria that determine which fields are visible to the specified users. For example, the field can check if the logged-in user matches the Employee’s ID.
TargetEntity	Type picklist Properties Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort Description Required. The object for which you're creating the rule. Only the Employee and User objects are supported.
UserCriteria	Type textarea Properties Create, Filter, Group, Sort, Update Description Required. The users that this rule applies to, such as all active users or users with a specified role or profile.
Version	Type int Properties Filter, Group, Sort Description Required. The rule's version number.

Tooling API

FieldRestrictionRule

Supported SOAP API Calls

Supported REST API Methods

Special Access Rules

Fields