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When the permission filters are set Project Team member, users who open the Projects page will only see records for projects in which they are a project team member as opposed to all projects that may exist globally. In the same manner, users who open the Assignments page will only see open assignment records for projects in which they are a team member, as opposed to open assignments that may exist globally.
Additionally, project and assignment related email notifications configured in the User's record will also be sent based on project membership or Global Access.
Choosing whether to set the permission filters to Global Access instead of or Project Team member Member access is your choice.
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Permission Dependencies for Project records
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