Which sharing mechanism in Salesforce allows an admin to open up access to records beyond what OWD and role hierarchy provide?

Question

Salesforce Admin — Medium

Which sharing mechanism in Salesforce allows an admin to open up access to records beyond what OWD and role hierarchy provide?

Accepted Answer

Sharing Rules extend access beyond Organizational-Wide Defaults (OWD) and role hierarchy. They allow admins to automatically share records with users or groups based on criteria. Permission Sets and Field-Level Security control access to specific features or fields, not records.