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Insufficient Access on Cross-Reference Entity

INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS_ON_CROSS_REFERENCE_ENTITY

This error occurs when a user tries to create or update a record that references another record they don't have access to, typically due to sharing rules or field-level security.

Common Causes

  • •User lacks read access to the parent record
  • •Sharing rules restrict access to related records
  • •Field-level security blocks access to lookup/master-detail fields
  • •Organization-wide defaults are too restrictive

Traditional Troubleshooting

1

Check sharing rules for the related object

2

Verify organization-wide defaults (OWD)

3

Review field-level security settings

4

Check role hierarchy and sharing settings

5

Ensure user has read access to parent record

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Instead of manually troubleshooting, use Clientell to instantly identify and fix this error:

I was creating an Opportunity, and got an ‘INSUFFICIENT_ACCESS_ON_CROSS_REFERENCE_ENTITY’ error. Please check which related record I don’t have access to and tell me how to fix the permissions.

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“Apex error ‘FIELD_CUSTOM_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION’ on saving Opportunity — identify which validation rule fired and why.”

FIELD_CUSTOM_VALIDATION_EXCEPTION
Object: Opportunity
Action: Save record
Root Cause
Rule: Require_Amount
Amount must be > 0 when Stage ≠ Prospecting
Set Amount > 0 or change Stage to Prospecting
1 validation rule identified

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