Sorry, I should've also mentioned that if the restricted field is in the same table and the restriction is that the field is restricted (and not records in another other table being restricted), then you can click the checkbox on field properties for the formula field called "Ignore subfield permissions". In that event the formula will in fact work even though the user does not have access to the individual field used in the formula.
So no pipeline or mirror fields required.
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Mark Shnier (YQC)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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