Setting a field to secured will prevent users from being able to view or set the value of the field. You enable fields for field-level security when creating or editing a field. The following screenshot shows you how to secure a field:
Field-level security (at the time of writing) is not available in the maker portal, so you will need to switch to Classic to enable or disable a field for field-level security.
Figure 8.17 – Securing a field
You can set most fields to secured, including system and custom fields. Exceptions are fields such as createdon, statecode, and ownerid.
Setting a field to secured does not hide the field; the field will still be on the form or in the view. The contents of the field will return a null value.
On the form, the field will appear with a key symbol next to the label and the contents will be shown as empty or masked with asterisks:
Figure 8.18– A secured field in a form
After a field is enabled for field-level security...
