Grant permissions on folder
Note: Virto Workflows for Office 365 is no longer sold. The add-in and the SharePoint 2013 workflows it adds actions to stopped working in SharePoint Online on April 2, 2026, when Microsoft retired SharePoint Add-ins and SharePoint 2013 workflows. This documentation is kept for reference.
This activity grants permission on specified folder. You can override or append user 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
Grant Reader permission on current folder in current list to user(s)/group(s). Override current unique permissions No.
Parameters
Input parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| siteUrl | 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 |
| Permission level | Permission level | None; Guest; Reader; Contributor; Web designer; Administrator; Editor; System |
| current folder | Folder path inside selected list/document library | Folder 001; Top Folder/Sub folder 1/sub folder2 |
| current list | Name or Url of chosen list. Ifthe value field is empty, current list will be used. | Tasks; [%Workflow Context:List Name%] /Lists/ Tasks |
| User(s)/group(s) | User login, e-mail, groupname, group ID | “user@domain”, “domain\user”. It allows multiplevalues separated by a semicolon. |
| Variable | Override current permissions | No – a new permission will be added to existed permissions Yes – a new permission will override |
| (remove) all old permissions |
Example
