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HarryP
Jul 17, 2026Brass Contributor
Storing and organizing performance review data - SharePoint lists or something else?
My team has been asked to move our performance review records from a legacy HR system into something within M365. Someone suggested SharePoint lists but I'm worried about permissions (employees shoul...
Rob_Elliott
Jul 19, 2026Silver Contributor
Yes this can be done with a SharePoint list and a Power Automate flow. What one of our teams does is to use a SharePoint list where the employee initially records some data about their role, their manager and their mentor. A flow which I built for them then triggers and stops sharing the item with anyone,. Then using the Grant Access to an item or a folder SharePoint action sets the the following permissions:
- Employee: permissions set to read only.
- Employee's Manager: permissions set to Edit.
- If the Employee has added a mentor: set the mentor permissions to read only.
Rob
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