Salesforce Architect Exams Sharing-and-Visibility-Architect Question # 2 Topic 1 Discussion

To meet the requirement of sharing opportunities for collaboration and automatically expiring access, the following approach is best:

Apex Sharing (Answer A): Apex sharing allows sales managers to share opportunities with specific users. This is essential for ad-hoc and granular sharing that isn't feasible with criteria-based or owner-based sharing rules.

Scheduled Apex Job (Answer B): Use a scheduled Apex job to remove sharing entries after a specific date, ensuring access expires two weeks after the new fiscal year begins. This provides automation and aligns with the requirement for access expiration.

Option C: Sharing rules cannot handle time-based expiration, making them unsuitable for this use case.

References:

Apex Managed Sharing Overview

Scheduled Apex