Global report restriction settings

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If global report restrictions have been enabled, the following settings can be configured by going to Quick-access menu > Reports > Report builder > General settings

SettingDescriptionNotes
Global restriction behaviour for users with no active restrictionsSpecifies what users will see when viewing a report with global restrictions enabled when they don't have any restrictions applied to them. Options are:
  • Show all records: This may be used if you prefer to block all records and only display them when a restriction has been explicitly applied (default)
  • Show no records: This is not applied to Site Administrators who are always given access to all report records
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Enable global restrictions in new user reportsIf checked (default) all newly created user reports will have global report restrictions enabled.
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