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How do you determine field-level security / field visibility?

Is there a way to determine field-level security (aka field visibility) for a profile or for the logged in user's profile through Apex?
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mtbclimbermtbclimber

From the doc:

 

 

Schema.DescribeFieldResult f = Account.AccountNumber.getDescribe();
Boolean notHidden            = f.isAccessible();
Boolean notReadonly          = f.isUpdateable();
 
This returns the values for the running user. You can't check for other profiles at runtime but you can in test context using System.runAs(). See the Apex Developer Guide for more information.
 


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mtbclimbermtbclimber
From the doc:
 
 
Schema.DescribeFieldResult f = Account.AccountNumber.getDescribe();
Boolean notHidden            = f.isAccessible();
Boolean notReadonly          = f.isUpdateable();
 
This returns the values for the running user. You can't check for other profiles at runtime but you can in test context using System.runAs(). See the Apex Developer Guide for more information.
 
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APEX Dev.ax783APEX Dev.ax783
Would this code work at the object level also?


mtbclimbermtbclimber
Yes the same methods are available on the SObject describe result. See the apex dev guide referenced above for the syntax.