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Hiding columns from table in OData API calls

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We have a security problem with API access to our Business Central database.

We have a table that needs to be accessed by all employees.

That table contains Salary information fields that are hidden in BC but can be accessed via an OData API call from PowerBI or Excell.

I’m pretty sure our company wasn’t setup right, but API access must be maintained for reporting purposes and using linked tables is not a viable solution.

Applying security filters, from BC, to the specific fields doesn’t do the trick, since the hole line gets filtered, and we need it.

Does anyone know how we can hide fields from API calls while the others, from the same line can still be read?

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Valentin Castravet 32,113 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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I would create a copy of that API and exclude the salary field in the newly created API. All employees would use the new API.

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YUN ZHU 98,620 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi, hope the following helps.

Dynamics 365 Business Central: Can we extend standard APIs? – Download Standard Source Code for APIs

https://yzhums.com/20960/

If you are using a Web Service, you can hide this field on the published page so that users cannot see it.

If it is a Flowfield or TableRelation field, it can be managed through permissions.

More details:

Dynamics 365 Business Central: What happens if users don’t have permission to read the table set in a FlowField?

https://yzhums.com/33649/

Dynamics 365 Business Central: What happens if users don’t have permission to read the table set in the TableRelation Property?

https://yzhums.com/46458/

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ZHU

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Saurav.Dhyani 14,419 User Group Leader on at

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Hi,

You cannot change the field list exposed by a standard API.

If it a custom API Endpoint created by your partner, you can ask them to remove fields that are sensitive and have a separate endpoint for specific people in team to access that data.

If filters need to be applied on data that can also be done by a developer on Custom API Endpoint.

Let me know if you have additional questions, but I think your solution should be simple enough with one or more custom API Endpoints.

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