Optionally, you can delegate the authority for defining custom fields to selected users and groups. Doing so, enables others to view and create profiles in the CFIELD class. It does not allow them to add or view data in the CSDATA segments of user and group profiles. (To authorize users to add or view data in CSDATA segments, perform the steps in Authorizing users to update data in a custom field.)

To authorize users to view and define custom fields, define FIELD profiles that enable field-level access checking for the CFDEF segment of CFIELD profiles. The access list and the UACC value of the FIELD profile determine which users can view or define a custom field.