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saariko.ax241 Limiting NEW to API only - How I solved this
Hi,
Just want to share with you a problem and a solution that I had.
Description:
- I have a complicated structure of objects and child objects that my API creates them.
- I can not allow my users to create the same objects using the regular web interface, because the process is too complicated.
- The same user has access to both the API application and the web (regular SF)
Problem:
- How to limit the creation of new objects from the web, and not the API?
- Currently, the solution was to make a special profile to enable API usage only, but than that user would not have access to the web, and another license would need to be purchased.
Workaround:
1. I created a field in the objects. The field is viewable to the users.
2. I removed that field from the Page Layouts of the users.
3. Added a validation rule on the field so when new objects are created the validation rule checks them for a specific value.
4. Added the field with the correct value in my API.
Solved.
Just want to share with you a problem and a solution that I had.
Description:
- I have a complicated structure of objects and child objects that my API creates them.
- I can not allow my users to create the same objects using the regular web interface, because the process is too complicated.
- The same user has access to both the API application and the web (regular SF)
Problem:
- How to limit the creation of new objects from the web, and not the API?
- Currently, the solution was to make a special profile to enable API usage only, but than that user would not have access to the web, and another license would need to be purchased.
Workaround:
1. I created a field in the objects. The field is viewable to the users.
2. I removed that field from the Page Layouts of the users.
3. Added a validation rule on the field so when new objects are created the validation rule checks them for a specific value.
4. Added the field with the correct value in my API.
Solved.
Might you have just overridden the "New" button for that/those objects? (Or am I missing something?)
Best, Steve