Knowledge Base

How do multiple view permission parts work together in one SharePoint list?

View permission part stores permission settings for views and defines what permissions should act on which users.

For one list, you can create more than one view permission part in your View Permission settings, so the question is: If one user is configured in multiple view permission parts, how do these permission parts work together?

Take user 1 as example:

Default Settings for View Permission

Permission Part 1

Permission Part 1

Result

hidden

View A: Full Access

View B: Full Access

View A: Hidden

View B: Full Access

User 1 can access View A and View B

Visible

View A: Full Access

View B: Full Access

View A: Hidden

View B: Full Access

User 1 can access View B, not View A


This article will explain it.

WHAT YOU'LL GET

User Cynthia Carey can only access Brief Info view, because other views are hidden in view permission parts

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

The sample data we use for this case

And create two views in the Staff Info list, named as All Info and Brief Info. The All Info view includes detailed information as following.

Set multiple permission parts for one user

  1. Download the trial version of Column/View Permission, and install it to your SharePoint server.

  2. Navigate to the Staff List prepared above, click List, then click Column/View Permission in Settings group, and then click Manage View Permission.

  3. In the View Permission Settings page, click Advanced Settings on the top right corner.

  4. In the Advanced Settings page, select Stop inheriting setting option. And then the Default Settings for View Permission become configurable status, and then select Visible option.

  5. In the view Permission Settings page, click Add Permission Part to create a new permission part (we call a permission configuration as a permission part), specify a unique name for it, such as permission part 1.

  6. In Include Users section, input user Cynthia Carey in the Select Users/Groups part as following.

  7. In Permission Settings section, set the Access Type of All Info, Biref Info and [Personal View] as Full Access.

  8. Then, click OK to save all settings for this permission part.

  9. In the view Permission Settings page, click Add Permission Part to create a new permission part, specify a unique name for it too, such as permission part 2.

  10. In Include Users section, input user group Sales Team (user Cynthia Carey is contained in this team) in the Select Users/Groups part as following.

  11. In Permission Settings section, set the Access Type of All Info and [Personal View] as Hidden, set the Access Type of Biref Info view as Full Access.

  12. Then, click OK to save all settings for this permission part.

  13. Log in to SharePoint as user Cynthia Carey, and navigate to the Staff Info list.

    User Cynthia Carey can only see Brief Info view as following.

  14. Now, let’s set the default settings for view permission as Hidden.

  15. When Cynthia Carey access the Staff Info list, All Info, Brief Info and personal view are visible for her as following.

Login