Error in Field Security

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The above image shows that i gave the field security so thats its visible to only particular groups, but when i accessed the interface from being in that group, i was unable to see the field even though i assigned the security so that it was visible to that particular group.

Harsha Sharma · Accepted Answer

You should be in all three groups for it to be visible because you have set matchAllGroups as true. So either change matchAllGroups to false or add yourself in all three groups.

Stefan Helzle · Answer

skzahed_09 said: And i set the field security for them as shown in the above code 
 It is important to keep in mind that the showWhen parameter is not about "security". If you really want to restrict access to data, you will have to do this on the record level. 
 I think that the problem is, that you set matchAllGroups to true. As per the documentation, this means that the user has to be in ALL groups, but not at least in ONE of them.

Harsha Sharma · Answer

As you have done matchAllGroups true, you should be part of all the groups in the list for that field to be visible. If you want the field to be shown even when you are part of one of the groups in the list then make this attribute as false and then check.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Are you saying the test user you tried to access the interface with was a member of all groups referenced in the "groups" list? Have you tried editing it to contain only one group at a time to see if the behavior changes?

Stefan Helzle · Answer

If you applied field-level security in the record type, I suggest to use the a!doesUserHaveAccess() function. 
 docs.appian.com/.../fnc_system_doesUserHaveAccess.html

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Then you should confirm whether a!isUserMemberOfGroup() is returning the expected result for that username - simply open an unsaved Expression Rule editor, copy the function call into that, and replace loggedinuser() with the test user's username, and ensure that when you press "test", the result returns as "true".

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