Access & Localization

VQL execution is influenced by the context of the authenticated user, including their language settings and their security profile within the Vault.

User Permissions

VQL automatically enforces Vault's security model. The results returned by a query are restricted based on the permissions of the authenticated user. The results include records and fields for which the authenticated user has Read or View permission.

The API Access permission is required to execute VQL queries using Vault API.

Learn more about user permissions and access control in Vault Help.

Languages: Multilingual Label Resolution

When querying document fields in the SELECT and WHERE clauses, Vault resolves localized field labels in the following order:

User's language: Matches the label in the user's language.
Base language: Matches the value against the label values in the Vault's base language.
VQL queries performed with field values in languages other than the user's language are matched against the label values in Vault's base language.
Field values without strings in Vault's base language return results in the system language.
This applies only to documents queries and document fields used in the SELECT and WHERE clauses.