Authorization links
An authorization link is a link between two business objects that affects the data set to be displayed to the user.
An authorization link limits the data set displayed to the user for reasons of security or usability.
There are two kinds of authorization links:
Example
The difference between these two types of links is best explained by an example:
Reference link
• There is a reference field on BO Orders, where you can specify a property. You can make a reference link, which means that if the user has an authorization filter on properties, they will only see the orders where the reference field has a value from the list of authorized properties.
Association link
• There is an M-to-N ('many-to-many') link between BO Standard orders and BO Properties. This means one standard order can be linked to many properties, not just one, as would be the case with a reference field. When the user has an authorization filter on BO Properties, to show only the properties with a specific code, the user can see records of BO Standard order when any of the properties linked to the standard order match the filter on properties.