OWD and sharing rules

A user's access level for data and records will never be more restrictive than it is with the use of sharing rules than the options chosen in the OWD, as they allow the minimum level of access to object records for users.

Let's discuss the sharing rules in the next section.

Sharing rules

With sharing rules, you are, in effect, setting automatic extensions to your OWD for the affected users or sets of users. As shown in the following screenshot, this can be considered as opening up visibility and access to records for those users:

The following screenshot shows the Sharing Rules page, where there are sections to set the sharing rules for the various standard objects within the application, such...