Solaris Clean Energy uses a custom object named Site_Inspection__c to log site safety reviews. The Organization-Wide Default (OWD) for Site_Inspection__c is configured as Private. To comply with privacy requirements for individual inspection reports, the System Administrator deselects the 'Grant Access Using Hierarchies' setting for Site_Inspection__c.
Later, to facilitate management oversight of urgent compliance issues, the administrator creates a criteria-based sharing rule that shares all Site_Inspection__c records where Safety_Risk__c = 'High' with the 'Regional Safety Lead' role, granting Read/Write access. A user assigned to the 'VP of Operations' role—which sits directly above the 'Regional Safety Lead' role in the role hierarchy—attempts to open a 'High' risk inspection record owned by a field auditor.
Which statement accurately describes the level of access the VP of Operations will have to this record?
- The VP of Operations will have no access to the record because deselecting Grant Access Using Hierarchies prevents automatic upward access inheritance through the role hierarchy.Answer
- BThe VP of Operations will inherit Read/Write access to the record because sharing rules always propagate access to higher roles in the hierarchy regardless of custom object settings.
- CThe VP of Operations will have Read-Only access to the record because Salesforce automatically downgrades inherited sharing rule access by one level for superior roles.
- DThe VP of Operations will have Read/Write access only if the administrator creates a custom profile to grant explicit additive object permissions for executive roles.