IndividualShare

Represents a list of access levels to a data privacy record along with an explanation of the access level. For example, if you have access to a record because you own it, the IndividualAccessLevel is All and RowCause is Owner. This object is available in API version 42.0 and later.

You can only create, edit, and delete sharing entries for standard objects whose RowCause field is set to Manual. Sharing entries for standard objects with different RowCause values are created as a result of your Salesforce org’s sharing configuration and are read-only. For some sharing mechanisms, such as sharing sets, sharing entries aren’t stored at all.

While Salesforce currently maintains read-only sharing entries for multiple sharing mechanisms, it’s possible that we’ll stop storing certain share records to improve performance. As a best practice, don’t create customizations that rely on the availability of these sharing entries. Any changes to sharing behavior will be communicated before they occur.

Note

Supported Calls

create(), delete(), describeSObjects(), query(), retrieve(), update(), upsert()

Special Access Rules

  • This object is available if Data Protection and Privacy is enabled.
  • The Individual object isn’t available to Customer Community, Partner Community, and Customer Portal users.

Fields

Field Name Details
IndividualAccessLevel
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Restricted picklist, Sort, Update
Description
Level of access that the user or group has to the data privacy record. The possible values include:
  • Read
  • Edit
  • All (Except for create or update.)
Set this field to an access level that’s higher than your default access level for individuals.
IndividualId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
ID of the Individual associated with this sharing entry. This field isn’t available for updates.
This is a relationship field.
Relationship Name
Individual
Relationship Type
Lookup
Refers To
Individual
RowCause
Type
picklist
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Nillable, Restricted picklist, Sort
Description
Reason that this sharing entry exists. If you’re creating a sharing entry, the only permitted value is Manual. If no value is specified, the field defaults to Manual. All other RowCause values are read-only. After the sharing entry is created, this field can’t be edited. Valid values include:
  • Manual—The User or Group has access because a user with “All” access manually shared the data privacy record with them.
  • Owner—The User is the owner of the data privacy record.
  • Rule—The User or Group has access to the data privacy record via an Individual sharing rule.
  • LpuImplicit—The User has access to records owned by high-volume Experience Cloud site users via a share group.
UserOrGroupId
Type
reference
Properties
Create, Filter, Group, Sort
Description
ID of the User or Group that has been given access to the data privacy record. This field isn’t available for updates.
This is a polymorphic relationship field.
Relationship Name
UserOrGroup
Relationship Type
Lookup
Refers To
Group, User

Usage

This object lets you determine which users and groups can view or edit Individual records owned by other users.