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Special Permissions on Salesforce

Edit Read-Only Fields –

Feature: Users may edit fields marked as ‘Read Only’ by Field Level Security or on the
Page layout.
Usage: To grant specific field editing rights.
How to Enable this: Under System Permissions on Profile/ Permission Sets.

Edit Audit Fields upon Creation –

Feature: Users may populate createdDate, LastModifiedDate, CreatedById,
LastModifiedById, etc.. upon record creation. Please keep in mind that with these
rights, Lightning and API users can only populate audit fields on record creation
using API tools. No further changes can be made.
Usage: To maintain data integrity and historical tracking when loading data from an
external system.
How to Enable this: Under System Permissions on Permission Sets.

Update Records with Inactive Owners –

Feature: Users may update Record owners with Inactive users. Lightning and API
users with these permissions can fill out these fields using API tools.
Usage: To maintain data integrity and historical tracking when loading data from
external systems.
How to Enable this: Under System Permissions on Permission Sets.