Question : Lotus Notes 8 Database design and security

Hi All,
 

I have a Lotus notes 8 application ( database ) in my lotus server, inside that database I have 6 categoris(  Category 1, Gategory 2, Category 3 and so on), I want to give all my lotus notes users access to that Database and all the gategories and restrict them from accessing Gategory 3 which is inside my main database.

Can anyone tell me how to do this please.

Thanks

Answer : Lotus Notes 8 Database design and security

I can try...

Two ways:
- the easy way, because it doesn't strictly block access to the documents themselves: exclude the documents from the views they have, using a selection formula like
      Form="YourForm" & FieldC!="Category3"
You need special views for yourself to see all documents
- the harder way: add Readers fields to all documents; use the Category as a role in the Readers field; assign a role to every user, so most users would have roles "Cat1"-"Cat5" except "Cat3"; if you do it like this you don't need additional views and documents are really hidden from them