Before we dive deep and understand OWD in detail, it's important to recall the profile that provided us with the ability to perform Data Manipulation Language (DML) operations such as create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) access for the user. This chapter will discuss how we can control record-level access across users. OWD defines the base level security for an object across the organization. It is the default level of access as well. Let's first define the various types of OWD settings that can be configured for an object.
The following table summarizes the various values that can be set for OWD for an object: