{"id":1794,"date":"2018-04-11T14:34:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-11T14:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtle.works\/knowledge\/?p=1794"},"modified":"2018-05-09T17:49:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-09T17:49:47","slug":"app-step-permissions-sharepoint-designer-workflows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtle.works\/knowledge\/app-step-permissions-sharepoint-designer-workflows\/","title":{"rendered":"Use App Step to Elevate Permissions in SharePoint Designer Workflows"},"content":{"rendered":"

Use App Step to Elevate Permissions in SharePoint Designer Workflows<\/p>\n

Reason: Workflow is producing an error, access denied, \u2018you do not have permission to\u2019\u2026 This error can be seen when looking at the workflow online.<\/p>\n

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How to get past \u2018Access denied\u2019<\/p>\n

Next the user should login to the SharePoint Site where the workflow was created.<\/p>\n

Click on the gear then site settings.<\/p>\n

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Under Site Actions select Manage Site Features<\/p>\n

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Locate \u2018Workflows can use app permissions\u2019<\/p>\n

If it is not activated, Click \u2018Activate\u2019<\/p>\n

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Permissions – Grant full control permissions to the workflow<\/h2>\n

Note: the workflow must already be created and published before full control permissions can be granted.<\/p>\n

Click on the gear again, site settings<\/p>\n

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Under Users and Permissions select \u2018Site App Permissions.<\/p>\n

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Copy the client section, located between the | and the @<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a larger picture\u2026<\/p>\n

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Navigate to the Grant Permission to an app<\/u> page by browsing to the appinv.aspx page of the site.<\/p>\n

Example:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/hostname\/the Site Collection\/_layouts\/15\/appinv.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Enter the client section, previously copied, into the App ID, select Lookup<\/p>\n

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You will be enabling all the workflows in this Site collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

Paste the following code into the Permission Request XML field:<\/p>\n

<AppPermissionRequests AllowAppOnlyPolicy=”true”><\/p>\n

<AppPermissionRequest Scope=”http:\/\/sharepoint\/content\/sitecollection\/web” Right=”FullControl” \/><\/p>\n

<\/AppPermissionRequests><\/p>\n

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Workflow\u00a0 – Adding the App Step<\/h3>\n

Open SharePoint Designer<\/p>\n

Locate the workflow<\/p>\n

The App Step is now available in the workflow<\/p>\n

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The App Step can now be added as a step into the workflow:<\/p>\n

Below is an example of how the App Step was set up.\u00a0 This is our example, yours will be different.<\/p>\n

It was created as a step within a stage.<\/p>\n

This resolved the issue!<\/p>\n

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Nice article by Microsoft: https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sharepoint\/dev\/general-development\/create-a-workflow-with-elevated-permissions-by-using-the-sharepoint-workflo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Use App Step to Elevate Permissions in SharePoint Designer Workflows Reason: Workflow is producing an error, access denied, \u2018you do not have permission to\u2019\u2026 This error can be seen when looking at the workflow online. How to get past \u2018Access denied\u2019 Next the user should login to the SharePoint Site where the workflow was created. … <\/p>\n

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