Salesforce Architect Exams Sharing-and-Visibility-Architect Question # 7 Topic 1 Discussion

For custom objects, Salesforce allows disabling the Access Using Hierarchies option. By setting the Organization-Wide Default (OWD) to Private and unchecking Access Using Hierarchies, you ensure that records are only accessible to the owner and explicitly granted users. This prevents the owner’s manager or anyone higher in the role hierarchy from automatically gaining access.

Option A: Removing CRUD permissions from profiles would block all access to the object for managers, which may not align with business requirements.

Option B: Apex sharing is unnecessary when the problem can be solved declaratively by adjusting the OWD and hierarchy settings.

Option C (Correct): Setting OWD to Private and disabling Access Using Hierarchies is the most straightforward solution for restricting access to managers.

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Control Access to Records