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What are the attributes of a user entity?
You can configure custom attributes or user-defined fields (UDFs) for the user, role, organization, and catalog entities. Entity attributes are properties of the entity. The information about the user entity is stored in the form of attributes, such as first name, last name, user login, and password.
Is it bad practice to allow user defined fields?
When you start getting to “user defined fields” as is often found in bug trackers, customer resource management, and similar business tools is that they are not backed with a table with a bajillion fields (if they are, then thats likely a problem of its own).
How to create custom field types in UDF?
When ever a catalog UDF is added and customized in access request page, then the new UDF will be available automatically in Role page. In the Custom section of the Fields tab, click the Create icon. The Select Field Type dialog box is displayed. Select a field type you want to create. The available field types are:
Can a catalog UDF be added to a role?
Catalog UDFs will not be available under Role VO. When ever a catalog UDF is added and customized in access request page, then the new UDF will be available automatically in Role page. In the Custom section of the Fields tab, click the Create icon. The Select Field Type dialog box is displayed.
How to grant access to all legal entities?
The first time you visit this page, the ‘Grant access to all organizations’ option will be selected. If you select ‘Grant access to specific organizations’ you can then select a company/legal entity and then scroll to the bottom of the page and select Grant. This user now only has this role access in the company/legal entity selected.
How to configure user legal entity restrictions in?
The answer is to use organization hierarchies. In Organization Administration -> Organizations -> Organization Hierarchy Purposes there are a number of our of box hierarchy purposes, one of which is titled Security. This is the ‘organization hierarchy purpose’ that allows us to help with user role company restrictions.
Do you have to add users to an environment?
For an overview of environments, see Environments overview. You don’t have to add users to environments that have no Dataverse database, because all users in the organization are present in these environments by default. However, for a user to get access to an environment’s resources, a security role needs to be assigned to them.