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Is there an option to configure making/tagging contacts as "private" or "public" for other users to not see or see/edit.

Thanks.

Hi there,

You can use some of FileMaker's built in access controls to do this. Check out the section "How Do I Let a User See Only Their Records?" here.This talks more about securing appointments, but you do the same thing for contacts.

Note that preventing editing is a little less intrusive than preventing someone from "seeing" a record: FileMaker is kind of ham fisted about that. If you do need to prevent someone from seeing things, consider applying field-level security so they can see the record, but not certain important information IN the record, like open balances, emails, or invoices.

Hope that helps,

John

John,

Thank you for your comments!

I am a Seedcode Complete user and it would sure be nice if there was already an option to select a check box when creating new contacts to make them "public" or "private" (not seen) to other shared users. Similar to the "this is a contact/company box) when creating new records. This would be very useful and I believe a common feature in most Contact Manager programs.

Agreed. It is always a tough choice between new features and simplicity, but I hear you and that is something we'll have to think about. Thanks!