This activity grants permission on the list item. You can override or append user grant permissions. Value of permission field by default can be one of the following values:

Full

Control

Design

Contribute

Read

If any custom permission levels are defined, you can also specify those. For help on creating custom permission levels see http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/en-us/library/c5dd8b7e-202d-4d33-8535- 5c03f88ea1ff1033.mspx?mfr=true

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The activity supports multi permission assignment. Use ‘,’ or ‘;’ separator to grant several permission.

Example: "Approve, Read, View Only".

SharePoint Workflow Designer Phrase

Grant this level permission on this item to this user.

Parameters

ParameterDescription
this levelPermission level string. Multi permission assignments are supported. Use ‘,’ or ‘;’separator to grant several permission. Example: "Approve, Read, View Only".
this itemList item
this userUser name. Ex: “user@domain”, “domain\user”. It allows multiple valuesseparated by a semicolon.
Override currentpermissionsNo – a new permission will be added to existed permissionsYes – a new permission will override (remove) all old permissions