Which term describes permission-based visibility of data in reports?

• A. Data masking
• B. Field-level security
• C. Row-level security
• D. Access control

Answer: (B)

Controlling visibility of data in reports by restricting access to specific fields is the idea being tested. Field-level security lets you decide, for each user or role, which individual fields in a report can be seen. This means sensitive information can stay in the dataset but remain hidden from those who don’t have permission to view those fields, ensuring users only see what they’re allowed to.

This differs from row-level security, which governs which rows of data a user can see (the entire records rather than individual fields). Data masking hides the actual values within a field while keeping the field structure visible, which is about presentation rather than outright permission-based access to the field itself. Access control is broader, covering overall permissions to resources, but field-level security is the precise mechanism for per-field visibility within reports.