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

Configure the Break Permission Inheritance activity
To configure the Break Permission Inheritance activity, do the procedure in this topic.
Examples
Good to Know
- To send an email notification, click
Advanced
> Email Notifications
.
For more information, refer to Email Notifications screen (Process Activities).
- In most text fields, you can use process data variables as an alternative to literal data values.
- You can configure whether this activity waits for other activities before it runs.
For more information, refer to How Do I Configure an Activity to Wait for Other Incoming Activities?
- This section shows the configuration settings on the configuration screens for this activity. Other configuration settings apply to system activities. For more information, refer to:
How to Start
- Open Process Builder.
For information about how to open this screen, refer to Process Builder.
- In Process Builder, in the Activity Library, and
open the SharePoint tab.
- On the SharePoint tab,
drag the Break Permission Inheritance
activity onto your process.
General Configuration
Specifies the basic settings for the Break Permission Inheritance activity.

Good to Know
- Documentation for this screen is provided for completeness. The fields are mostly self-explanatory.
Fields
Field Name | Definition |
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Display Name |
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Description |
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Break Permission Inheritance
Specifies how to configure the activity to break permission inheritance in SharePoint.

Fields
Field Name | Definition |
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SharePoint |
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Create |
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Break Permission Inheritance For |
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Site |
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List |
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List Item ID |
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