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Grant Permission on site

This activity grants permission on the site. You can override or append user or group grant permissions. Value of permission field by default can be one of the following values:

None
Guest
Reader
Contributor
Web
designer
Administrator
Editor
System

SharePoint Designer phrase

SharePoint Designer phrase for the Grant permission on site activity in Virto Workflows

The activity supports multi permission assignment. Use ‘,’ or ‘;’ separator to grant several permission. Example:

“Approve, Read, View Only”.

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase#

Grant this level permission on site url to this members. Override current permissions: No

Parameters#

Input parameters

ParameterDescriptionExample
The followingPermission level string. Multi permission assignments are supported. Use ‘,’ or ‘;’ separator to grant several permissions.Example:Guest, Reader, Editor, etc.
SiteURL (optional)The URL of a source SharePoint site. If the value field is empty, current sitewill be used.https://contoso/SiteUrl; https://contoso/Sites/SiteUrl;[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]/subSite
User(s)/group(s)User login, e-mail, group name, group ID“user@domain”, “domain\user”. It allows multiple values separated by a semicolon.
VariableOverride current permissionsNo – a new permission will be added to existed permissionsYes – a new permission will override (remove) all oldpermissions

Example

Workflow example using the Grant permission on site activity inside an App Step

**Note:**We recommend you to run all Virto Permissions actions inside App Step to avoid failing of your subsequent actions inside the workflow.

Example

Second workflow example of the Grant permission on site activity assigning permission levels

Updated on June 17, 2026