Break Permission Inheritance activity

An activity that stops subordinate sites, lists, libraries or list items from inheriting permissions from the parent items.


Break Permission Inheritance activity

Configure the Break Permission Inheritance activity

To configure the Break Permission Inheritance activity, do the procedure in this topic.

Examples

Good to Know

How to Start

  1. On the Application Explorer screen, do one of these:
  2. Do one of these:
    • Add an activity:
      1. In the Process Builder, go to the Activity Library, and open the SharePoint SharePoint icon tab.
      2. On the SharePoint SharePoint icon tab, drag the Break Permission Inheritance Break Permission Inheritance icon activity onto your process.
    • Change an activity:
      1. In your process, double-click your activity.

General Configuration

Specifies the basic settings for the Break Permission Inheritance activity.

Figure: General Configuration screen

General Configuration screen

Fields

Field Name Definition

Display Name

Function:
Specifies the activity name that shows in your process.
Accepted Values:
One line of text that can have spaces.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No
Example:
This is a common configuration field that is used in many examples. Refer to:
  • Examples - Step-by-step use case examples, information about what types of examples are provided in the AgilePoint NX Product Documentation, and other resources where you can find more examples.

Description

Function:
Specifies an optional text description for your activity.
Accepted Values:
More than one line of text.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Break Permission Inheritance

Specifies how to configure the activity to break permission inheritance in SharePoint.

Figure: Break Permission Inheritance screen

Break Permission Inheritance screen

Fields

Field Name Definition

SharePoint

Function:
Specifies the access token that connects to your SharePoint site.
Accepted Values:
A list of access tokens configured for your environment.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No
Example:
Refer to:

Add Token Add Token icon

Opens this Screen:
Access Token for SharePoint
Function of this Screen:
Configure an access token to connect to SharePoint.
Example:
Refer to:

Break Inheritance permission for

Function:
Specifies the subordinate items for which to stop permission inheritance.
Accepted Values:
  • Site
  • List/Library
  • List Item
Default Value:
Site
Accepts Process Data Variables:
No

Site

Function:
Specifies the URL for your SharePoint site.
Accepted Values:
A valid SharePoint site URL.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Example:

List

Function:
Specifies the name of the SharePoint library or list.
To Open this Field:
  1. Select List/Library or List Item.
Accepted Values:
A valid SharePoint library name or list name.
Default Value:
None
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes

List Item ID

Function:
Specifies the ID of a SharePoint list item.
To Open this Field:
  1. Select List Item.
Accepted Values:
The ID of your SharePoint list item.
Default Value:
${ListItemID}
Accepts Process Data Variables:
Yes
Limitations:

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