{"id":2037,"date":"2016-08-08T06:32:45","date_gmt":"2016-08-08T06:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/?p=2037"},"modified":"2025-05-08T09:31:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T09:31:00","slug":"public-access-settings-in-salesforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/2016\/08\/08\/public-access-settings-in-salesforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Access Settings in Salesforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In one of the previous blog we discussed how to create a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/2016\/08\/18\/easily-creating-force-com-sites\/\">Force.com Site<\/a>, it is important to note that guest user licenses are required for force.com sites. Enterprise\/Unlimited license Org are allowed to create up to 25 sites hence the 25 guest user licenses. Guest users have no password, no role and have no API access on their profile. There is no session for guest browsing. Each guest user (site) has a unique profile (public access settings). These profiles are associated to guest user licenses which give the ability to read\/create on standard objects and full CRUD on custom objects.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Salesforce sites kindly refer the following Salesforce article <a href=\"https:\/\/help.salesforce.com\/articleView?id=sites_limits.htm&amp;type=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2043\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1.Site-Details.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\" wp-image-2043\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/1.Site-Details.png\" alt=\"Site Details\" width=\"638\" height=\"270\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2043\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Site Details<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you create a Site and click on Public Access Settings, you will see the Guest User Profile and shows you exactly what a guest user has permission to do in your system.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2038\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.Guest-User-Lincene.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2038\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2.Guest-User-Lincene-1024x278.png\" alt=\"Guest User License\" width=\"595\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guest User License<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Standard\">You can modify these permissions as per your requirements for the Site settings or configurations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2042\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3.Edit-Profile.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2042\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2042\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/3.Edit-Profile-1024x508.png\" alt=\"Edit Profile\" width=\"595\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edit Profile<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"Standard\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Tab Settings:-<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Standard tab Setting:-<\/strong><br \/>\nSalesforce has Standard tab, We are able to set it as tab hidden, Default off\u00a0and Default on in\u00a0Guest User profile.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Custom tab Setting:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is usually created by user for its own perspective. Here we also able to provide setting for it.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2041\" style=\"width: 754px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/4.-Tab-settings.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2041\" class=\" wp-image-2041\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/4.-Tab-settings.png\" alt=\"Tab Settings\" width=\"744\" height=\"84\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tab Settings<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Standard Object Permissions: &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\nAs per Salesforce inherent settings, the guest user site profiles are associated to guest user licenses which give the ability to only read\/create on standard objects and not update them.<\/p>\n<p>The permissions defined here control access at the object level. Access to individual records within that object type is controlled by the sharing model. Set access levels based on the functional requirements for the profile. For example, create different groups of permissions for individual contributors, managers, and administrators.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2039\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5.Sandard-Object-Permission.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2039\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2039\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/5.Sandard-Object-Permission-1024x162.png\" alt=\"Standard Object Permission\" width=\"595\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2039\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Standard Object Permission<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Custom Object Setting: &#8211;<\/strong><br \/>\nFor Custom Objects, all permissions can be given to the guest profile.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2040\" style=\"width: 605px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/6.Custom-Object-Permission.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2040\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2040\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/6.Custom-Object-Permission-1024x143.png\" alt=\"Custom Object Permission\" width=\"595\" height=\"83\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Custom Object Permission<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: Medium;\"><strong>About Us<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/\">Greytrix<\/a>\u00a0as a Salesforce Product development partner offers a wide variety of integration products and services to the end users as well as to the Partners across the globe. We offers Consultation, Configuration, Training and support services in out-of-the-box functionality as well as customizations to incorporate custom business rules and functionalities that requires apex code incorporation into the Salesforce platform.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/\">Greytrix<\/a>\u00a0has some unique solutions for Cloud CRM such as Salesforce integration with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/sage-x3\/gumu-x3-salesforce-integration\">Sage Enterprise Management (Sage X3<\/a>),\u00a0Sage Intacct, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/sage-100-erp\/gumu-100-salesforce-integration\">Sage 100\u00a0<\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/sage-300-erp\/gumu-300-salesforce-integration\">Sage 300 (Sage Accpac)<\/a>. We also offer best-in-class Cloud CRM\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/crm-development\/salesforce-com\">Salesforce customization and development services<\/a> along with services such as Salesforce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/professional-services\/data-migration-services\">Data Migration<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/professional-services\/integrated-application-development\">Integrated App development<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/professional-services\/custom-development\">Custom App development<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/product\/professional-services\/maintenance-support\">Technical Support<\/a> to business partners and end users.<\/p>\n<p>Greytrix GUMU&#x2122; integration for Sage ERP \u2013 Salesforce is a 5-star app listed on <a href=\"https:\/\/appexchange.salesforce.com\/listingDetail?listingId=a0N30000000psM5EAI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Salesforce AppExchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please contact us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:salesforce@greytrix.com\">salesforce@greytrix.com<\/a>. 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Guest users have no password, no role and have no\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/2016\/08\/08\/public-access-settings-in-salesforce\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[644,883,68,610,134,152,285,874,881,878,862,467],"class_list":["post-2037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gumu-salesforce","tag-access-settings-in-salesforce","tag-crud-operations","tag-custom-object","tag-custom-object-in-salesforce","tag-force-com","tag-guest-user-licenses","tag-public-access-settings","tag-salesforce-administrators","tag-salesforce-editions","tag-salesforce-permissions","tag-salesforce-profile","tag-site-settings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2037"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10602,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2037\/revisions\/10602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/salesforce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}