How Do I Prevent Users from Drilling Down on Accounts? Article

How Do I Prevent Users from Drilling Down on Accounts? Article

This functionality can be used to:

A) from a security viewpoint prevent Users from Drilling Down on Account detail; and

B) prevent accidental Drill Down on high volume accounts which can result in system slowdown.


1) Search for the Object for which you wish to disable the drill down functionality;

2) Uncheck the "TrxDrillDown" box;

3) Save your work by clicking "Save Objects".


To re-enable Object drilldown check the box and save.



Below is a Drill Down result with the Drill Down functionality disabled:




And below is the same Drill Down result with the Drill Down functionality enabled:


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