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Miguel Ortiz Jiménez's avatar
Miguel Ortiz Jiménez
Copper Contributor
May 02, 2017

Break inheritance permissions with SharePoint Designer

Hi,

I am wondering if there is an easy way to break inheritance permissions in SharePoint Online with SharePoint Designer.

I need create a folder structure into document set and break inheritance permissions of folders with Designer. It is possible?

 

Thanks,
Miguel

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9 Replies

  • 은주 이's avatar
    은주 이
    MVP
    May 02, 2017

    I am not sure if you want to break permissions inheritance for certain folers in document library or lists using SharePoint Designer.

    If the library or list has some rules to break permission inhertance, you could use workflow.

    However, if you manually break permissins in SharePoint Designer, I do not think that there is an option to manage permission for the folder in SharePoint Designer.

    • jcgonzalezmartin's avatar
      jcgonzalezmartin
      MVP
      May 02, 2017
      Out of curiosity: why do you want to break permissions using Designer when you have the SPO UI / Programmatic approach?
      • Miguel Ortiz Jiménez's avatar
        Miguel Ortiz Jiménez
        Copper Contributor
        May 02, 2017

        Hi Juan Carlos,

         How are you?

        Te cuento ;).

        I have a workflow in a document library, this workflow started when an item created. If the element which created is a document set, them structure of folder created into this document set, but I need that three folder of this structure break inheritance permissions.

         

        I use wokflow because in the beginning only the folder structure was created.

         

        Thanks

  • Bradley Liebenberg's avatar
    Bradley Liebenberg
    Brass Contributor
    May 02, 2017

    Hi Miguel,

     

    you can drill down to the folder level under all files in designer but there are no options there to manage permissions for folders only at a library level which then takes you to a browser session for the library permissions.

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