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Why You Should Add Custom Permissions to Your #AwesomeAdmin Tool Belt

October 12, 2021 by Jennifer W. Lee Leave a Comment

Hello, #AwesomeAdmins! Today, I’d like to introduce you to custom permissions, a fairly underutilized configuration feature that’s been around since Winter ’15. While this is more heavily used in code, it’s also available for use by admins. In fact, I believe every admin should have this feature in their superpower tool belt.

So, what are custom permissions?

The custom permissions feature lets you define access checks to your apps or processes. Custom permissions can be assigned to users via permission sets or profiles, similar to how you assign user permissions and other access settings.

Custom permissions are commonly used by developers in Apex. For example, if there’s a button on a Visualforce page and only certain users should have access, a custom permission can be referenced. If the user has the custom permission, the button will display.

Boolean hasCustomPermission = FeatureManagement.checkPermission(‘your_custom_permission_api_name’);

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