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Is Contribute permissions required to start a workflow?
I have tested and confirmed on multiple SharePoint 2016 environments, all with Workflow Manager 1.0, the following issues for users who do not have contribute permissions to the parent web/site: Us...
It seems so...I recommend you read this post that contains a possible workaround for what you are seeing: https://sharepointcreations.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/sharepoint-2013-workflow-cancels-automatically/ It's for SP 2013, so it's valid for SP 2016 too
Thanks for the reply! I can confirm that by manually editing permissions on the Workflow History list, users can initiate a workflow which is set to start automatically on item creation. However, they still cannot enumerate available workflows, and they cannot manually start them.
- Hi Ryan,
I am also experiencing same problem with my reusable workflows.
Unless i give contribute(in particular Edit items permission)permissions for the users at the site level, users are not able to see the list of workflows available to start manually.
However workflows that are set to run automatically when item is created or changed are running fine without any issues though users are not able to see the workflows
Did you manage to find solution for this issue?, if so, please help me also...Hi Yaswanth
This is most likely by design and you will have to use the workaround of workflows start automatically. you could always make another yes/no column "start workflow" then put a condition of the workflow when it automatically starts to check this is a yes.
The only other solution would be to add the users to the web with contribute and break permissions on all other lists and remove them. This would not be a great solution.
Kind Regards
Alex Bunning
