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Hi,
In one of our apps there is a sheet which includes a few charts and tables (with subsequent calculation expressions). It has some confidential information on cost that I don't want my team to see (it would reveal salaries). Want to avoid creating a copy which I would save in my personal drives so want to see what options are available.
As a result, can you block/restrict:
1) a sheet
2) an expression
3) a chart
Any help would be appreciated.
Chris
Check the OMIT keyword in the section access part of the manual, or search here. OMIT provides column level security.
Sheets, Expressions and Charts (& objects in general) all have a property called "Conditional Show". It lets you show/hide objects based on the outcome of an expression. That expression can be tied to Section Access.
See here for examples: Type of Security
In the community, there are many more discussions on this topic
You should look at Section Access. See A Primer on Section Access.
But it is not a good idea to hide objects. These are just "windows" to the information behind, and in order to make this scheme work you have to make sure that all relevant objects are hidden and that it is not possible for the user to create additional objects. A better way is to hide the information itself, which you can do through Section Access. In your case you should use OMIT.
See also Data Reduction – Yes, but How?
HIC
you can use section access if a user needs access to a sheet but the data they see needs to be limited.
If you only want certain users to see/not see sheets in their entirety, the easisiest way is to use a conditional on the sheet with the condition as =UPPER(OSuser())='domain name\user name - this will allow only the users listed to see the tab (you can us 'or' to repeat the upper comman for multiple users
I tried this using your code and the sheet has gone but the plan is I should see it. The expression I have put in is:
=UPPER(OSuser())='citywest\chris.fray
is citywest the domian name?
Chris