Grant Permission on site

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The Grant Permission on Site activity enables you to assign specific permissions to users or groups on a SharePoint site. You can choose to override existing permissions or append new ones. The available permission levels include:

  • Full Control
  • Design
  • Contribute
  • Read

SharePoint Designer phrase

grant_permission_on_site_1

“Grant [Permission Level] permission on [Site URL] to [User(s)/Group(s)]. Override current permissions: [Yes/No].”

Parameters

Input parameters

ParameterDescriptionExample
The followingA string representing the permission level(s) to assign. Multiple permissions can be specified using ‘,’ or ‘;’ as separators. Approve, Read, View Only.
Current siteThe URL of the target SharePoint site. If left empty, the current site is used.Examples:
https://contoso/SiteUrl
[%Workflow Context:Current Site URL%]/subSite
User(s)/group(s)The login name, email, group name, or group ID of the user(s) or group(s) to grant permissions to. Multiple entries can be separated by a semicolon.Examples:
User: user@domain.com
Domain\User: domain\user
VariableSpecifies whether to override existing permissions:
No: Adds the new permission to existing permissions.
Yes: Removes all old permissions and applies the new one.

Example

grant_permission_on_site_2

This configuration will append the “Approve” and “Read” permissions to the user’s existing permissions on the specified site.

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