Column formatting / Show or hide columns based on user permission

[MichaelBoehnke]

Hi guys,

I just wanted to let you know that by pure chance :) I managed to show/hide list columns based on the permission of the current user. For this, I use the PermMask attribute.

In this example, I only show the column value, if the user permission is higher than 'read' permission:

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v2/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "visibility": "=if([$PermMask]>='0xb00','hidden','visible')"
  },
  "txtContent": "=if([$PermMask]>='0xb00','read-only','more than read')"
}

In a real life use case, I use this to show a "Run flow" button to only those users, who have at least an edit permission for the specific list item.

I hope this helps somebody :)

[#2]

An elegant solution.
Unfortunately, it does not work in sharepoint 2019.
Is it possible to modify it for sharepoint 2019?

[#3]

@Ivan_Volkov For SharePoint 2019, you have to use the Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) expressions using operator and operands. Try this: 

{
  "$schema": "https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v1/column-formatting.schema.json",
  "elmType": "div",
  "style": {
    "visibility": {
      "operator": "?",
      "operands": [
        {
          "operator": ">=",
          "operands": [
            "[$PermMask]",
            "0xb00"
          ]
        },
        "hidden",
        "visible"
      ]
    }
  },
  "txtContent": {
    "operator": "?",
    "operands": [
      {
        "operator": ">=",
        "operands": [
          "[$PermMask]",
          "0xb00"
        ]
      },
      "read-only",
      "more than read"
    ]
  }
}

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[#4]

@ganeshsanap 

Thank you! Unfortunately, it didn't help.

I assumed that the problem is in the json-schemas/sp/v2 it should be json-schemas/sp/v1

(To format columns on SharePoint 2019, please use https://developer.microsoft.com/json-schemas/sp/v1...

It didn't help.

Either I format the column incorrectly, or, maybe, the problem is in "[$PermMask]",
"0xb00" - it differs from Sharepoint Online.

[#5]

@Ivan_Volkov did you figure out a way around this? I'm trying to accomplish the same thing.

[#6]

Unfortunately not

[#7]

Another option is to create separate views, just show/hide the views for specific users.