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Omnistudio licenses, permission set licenses and permission sets

Which Omnistudio permission set license and permission set each audience needs (builders, Lightning users, authenticated and guest site users), how to provision a cloned standard-user permission set, how to check that licenses are provisioned, and the access steps after install and at production cutover.

Official exam objective
Explain Omnistudio license requirements, Permission Set Licenses and Permission Sets.

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What the exam expects

  • Name the Omnistudio permission set license and the two permission sets it includes, and explain the rename.
  • Recommend a builder vs runtime-user access model that follows least privilege.
  • Choose the license and permission set for authenticated and guest Experience Builder Aura site users, plus the guest sharing rule.
  • Check that licenses are provisioned when an install fails on missing Omnistudio objects.
  • List the access steps after a package install and before a production cutover.
  • Key terms: permission set license (PSL) (entitles a user to permissions a permission set can then grant); Omnistudio PSL (formerly Omnistudio Admin PSL); Omnistudio Admin permission set (full CRUD for builders); Omnistudio User permission set (Read for consumers); Omnistudio Runtime for Communities PSL (authenticated Aura site users).

Key facts

Primary PSL
Detail
Omnistudio Admin PSL renamed Omnistudio; includes Omnistudio Admin and Omnistudio User
Why one PSL
Detail
The User PSL's standard permission set moved into it, for the standard objects model
Omnistudio Admin
Detail
Full CRUD on Omnistudio objects for admins and designers
Omnistudio User
Detail
Read on Omnistudio objects; saved sessions: Create (description) or CRUD (table) on the same page
Authenticated Aura site users
Detail
Omnistudio Runtime for Communities PSL plus a custom permission set
Guest Aura site users
Detail
Omnistudio PSL plus a custom guest permission set
Guest sharing
Detail
Omni Process rule, Guest user access based on criteria, Active equals true; children inherit
Standard user setup
Detail
Clone Omnistudio User; both System Permissions; access on four Omni objects
OmniUiCard or OmniProcess invalid at install
Detail
Licenses not provisioned; check Company Information and Object Manager
After package install
Detail
Configure Remote Site Settings and assign permission sets
Sources for this section (6)
  • Why don't standard-objects customers create their own Omnistudio User permission set any more?
  • When does a site user need the Omnistudio Runtime for Communities PSL?
  • How do you set up a read-only standard user from the shipped permission set?
  • What must happen right after installing the Omnistudio managed package?
  • Why assign the PSL and permission sets before a production cutover?

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