Access Control List in Lotus Notes

Question

It is possible for users set up in a Group to have access to documents created by themselves only in a database. I want users to be able to create documents and only see their own documents in the view.

Answer 1

You can add a group or any number of users to a Readers field. The Readers field type is a special type available when you add a field to your form. The value of the field determines who can see the document in the view.

More info here

For example, the Readers field could have a Compute when composed formula of:

@Name([CN];@UserName)

to allow only the creator to read, or to allow only certain groups read access:

"MyGroupName":"My2ndGroupName"

Answer 2

Ditto Ken, plus you might find the function @UserNamesList helpful in figuring out which groups the user is a member of, so that you can assign the field to an appropriate value for that user. When using Reader fields it's sometimes a good idea to add an Authors field whose computed value lists a group that's supposed to have access to all documents.