1. Open the database that uses the extended ACL, and choose File - Application - Access Control.

2. With Basics selected, click Extended Access. You see Extended Access only if you have enabled extended access.

3. In the Target box to the left, expand the target categories as necessary and select the target for which you want to determine a subject's access.

4. Click "Effective Access" to open the "Effective Access access at target" dialog box.

5. Below the "People, Servers, Groups" box at the top of the dialog box, type or select the subject whose effective access you want to determine. If the subject you cannot be found in the directory, this prompt appears:

"Name type cannot be determined. Is this a group? Click Yes if the name is a group, or No if the name is not a group."

Note You cannot determine the effective access for the subject Self.

7. The Default Access section shows the subject's default access to the selected target.

8. The Modified Forms section shows any forms for which the subject's access is different than the default access for the selected target.

1. Select a form in the Modified Forms section to see the access set for the form.
2. Look at the Modified Forms section to see the Browse, Create, and Delete access set for the selected form.
3. Look at the Modified Fields section to see the field access set for the selected form. -Default- shows the default field access for the select form. If there are individual fields listed, select a field to see how its access is different than the default field access.

10. The "Access derived from" box shows all the subjects that can control the subject's access allowed in the database ACL and the extended ACL and displays a check mark next to the subject or subjects that determine the access.

11. When you are finished viewing the effective access, click Done.

Related topics

Enabling extended access
Extended ACL access settings
Setting up and managing an extended ACL
Extended ACL

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