Salesforce4U

Use Case In Salesforce, encrypted fields provide an extra layer of security by allowing access only to users with the View Encrypted Data permission. In standard layouts and Lightning pages, Salesforce automatically manages the visibility of encrypted data based on a user's profile and permissions. However, if you're building a Lightning Web Component (LWC) that displays Social Security Numbers (SSN), you must manually handle data masking. The goal is: ✅ If a user has View Encrypted Data permission, they should see the full SSN (e.g., 113-212-4444 ). ❌ If a user does not have View Encrypted Data permission, they should see only the last 4 digits, with the rest masked (e.g., ***-***-4444 ). Since LWC does not inherently handle encrypted field visibility, we need to manage this logic in Apex before sending the formatted SSN to the component. Solution: Handling Encrypted SSN in Apex The best way to handle this is to: Check if the user has View Encrypted Data permission. Format the...