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How to control only "Assigned To" can approve/reject a task ?
Using SharePoint 2013, permission of task list is user A and user B have Contribute permission.
A task was "Assigned To" user A. How come user B can edit the task to approve/reject the task ?
How to restrict that only user A (i.e. person "Assigned To") can approve/reject the task ?
Thank you.
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Try to set the item permission only for the user who has to approve the task.
You can use a Workflow to do this.
I use it several times and it works perfect for me.
Heiko, I am facing this same issue. Can you explain how you got around it. Once I assign the task, the workflow is waiting for tje task to be comple and i cannot run any morae actions until then. How can i change the permissions on the task ?
- btw I am on sharepoint online using SPD 2013 Workflows.
Here is some good starting information for how to manage permissions using a SharePoint 2013 workflow and the REST API. You can use these actions to update permissions so that on change only the people who you either declare or are in the Assigned To have contribute, and everyone else you can grant read.
In this case i use the Plumsail Workflow Action Pack: https://plumsail.com/workflow-actions-pack/
It's very simple to use.
