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We are batch importing a lot of data into multiple objects and once in SF we are going to de-dupe it. I would like to have the data available to all to access but just leave it out of search results.
I am aware you can turn on 'limit search to items I own' but this is not going to work as our users frequently search on each others records.
Thanks.
In theory, you could use Divisions, but this feature is permanent and only meant for large data organizations (those with tens of millions of records or more). It's not likely that support would enable this feature to fix your problem, which sounds temporary.
In reality, the list of options you've already suggested are about your only choices: reduce security permissions so the users can no longer see those records, or instruct users to use "Limit search to items I own". There's no way to configure search to exclude certain records otherwise.
