What term describes groups of users that determine access to applications in Appian?

• A. Groups
• B. Record Type
• C. CDT
• D. Interfaces

Answer: (A)

In Appian, access to applications is controlled using groups of users. A group is a collection of users that you grant permissions to on objects like applications. By assigning the appropriate security to a group, all members inherit those rights, making it easy to manage access at scale rather than for individuals one by one. This group-based approach supports scalable RBAC (role-based access control) across the platform.

The other terms relate to data and UI rather than access control: a CDT (custom data type) defines how data is structured, a Record Type defines how data is presented in the Records system, and Interfaces are the UI components users interact with. They don’t determine who can access an application.