workflows - sharepoint 2010 infopath form published in a document library

Hello,

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With regards to SPD workflows, contribute permissions on the actual list/library may not be all that's required. In the MSDN blog post "Locking Down SharePoint Designer" you can find some insights in how SPD activities can be prevented. Doing exactly the opposite should remove those restrictions. For example, it says about the Workflows library:

[...] the Workflows document library is a hidden library in the site that by default does not inherit permissions from the site. When you create a site, the Workflows library gets the same permissions configuration as the site, but any permissions changes that you subsequently make at the site level — such as disabling Manage Lists — do not automatically trickle down to the Workflows library.

To manage permissions for the Workflows library, open the site in SharePoint Designer >> right-click the Workflows library >> click Properties >> click the Security tab >> click the link “Manage permissions using the browser”.

So, in order to publish workflows, the user needs permissions to the Workflows library and also the permission to manage lists.

The permission level "Design" should provide sufficient access to publish workflows.

In order to approve items, the permission "Approve items" is required, which is included in the permission levels for both "Design" and "Approve".

Permissions are the source of many problems in SharePoint and can be hard to troubleshoot, especially since it is easy to change the out of the box permission levels from their default settings.

This page has an Excel file download with the original settings and out of the box groups and their permission levels for SharePoint 2010.

cheers, teylyn