Creating roles based on distinct values

[alexlmiddleton]

Good morning!

I posted here yesterday, but realized overnight there's probably a far easier way to do what I'm trying to do.

Our data looks something like:

Department	Employee	Job Class
0057	John Smith	100
0058	Frank Doe	101
0058	John Jamieson	107
0059	Jane Friend	115
0060	Samuel Beckett	100
0060	James Joyce	103
0061	Alex Middleton	103

We have (literally) hundreds of departments, and all of those departments need row level filtering to view their own data.  In programming (Python) terms, we need to take our list of department codes, turn it into a set (remove the duplicates), and then create a list of roles based on that set.  So, 0057, 0058, 0058, 0059, 0060, 0060, and 0061 turns into 0057, 0058, 0059, 0060, and 0061.

How can I mass create roles based on the unique values in a column?

Thanks!

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @alexlmiddleton ,

Normally dynamic RLS are based on username function.

For your requirement, you can apply RLS filter on value fields which you mentioned(use 'username' look up correspond value field and use this value to filter records).
After these steps, it will enable RLS filter effect based on username's department field.

Regards,

Xiaoxin Sheng