Exam Certified Advanced Administrator topic 1 question 180 discussion

When a custom field is encrypted using Classic Encryption, users will experience some changes in how they can read, edit, or report on accounts. Option A is correct - encrypted fields cannot be used in report criteria or list view filters. This is because Salesforce cannot filter data when it is encrypted, so the data must be decrypted before any filtering can occur. Option B is incorrect - the View Encrypted Data permission is not needed to edit an encrypted field. Users with the appropriate level of access and permissions can edit encrypted fields just like any other field. Option C is incorrect - users with the View Encrypted Data permission can see the contents of encrypted fields, but only if they have read access to the field. Field-level security settings will still apply, so if a user does not have read access to the field, they will not be able to view it, even with the View Encrypted Data permission. Option D is also incorrect - encrypted fields cannot be added to list views or rule filters because Salesforce cannot filter on encrypted data.