SharePoint Survey Permissions 1 - Respond to a survey but do not edit site content
Survey’s are a nice feature of SharePoint, however their security is not the most simple. I thought it was just me that it didn’t take to it straight away, but seeing Veronique post on Information Worker made me think it is not just me. So for this first post I will answer her question which I am summarizing as: How do you enable a user to respond to a survey but NOT edit the site (the survey sits in) content.
First off we need a survey:
Creating a new survey.
On the settings you need to click the permissions for the survey:
The survey settings page.
On the list permission settings click Actions and then Edit Permissions. At which point you will be asked to confirm you are creating unique permissions for the list (i.e. it will not inherit from it’s parent in the future).
Actions –> Edit Permissions on the survey permissions.
The confirmation prompt.
For my example I am assuming you want to let all users who logged into the site to complete the survey. So for that you need to find NT AUTHORITY\AUTHENTICATED USERS domain group. Now click on it and make sure you give them contribute and click OK. Now get back to the survey settings page.
The user listing.
Managing user permissions.
Now click on advanced settings on the settings page.
The settings page.
The advanced settings page allows you to configure who can see what responses and what they can edit. Note: Edit here means changing their votes after they submit. The fact they have contribute means they can add (submit) votes.
Advanced survey settings.
Once you have done that your survey should be able to be completed by the users, but (because we created unique permissions for the list/survey) they won’t be able to work with the site it is in.
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Nice post. This was what I
Submitted by Blue Llama on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 09:29.Nice post. This was what I was doing but nice to be confirmed when sending out to lots of people. Thanks.
Thank you very much, that
Submitted by Sami on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 08:30.Thank you very much, that solved my problem.
Access Denie by clicking on the Finish button
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 13:39.In my MOSS environment I manage users in a group with Read-Only permissions. However authenticated user received the contribution permissions in my survey page, and they can see the "Respond to this Survey" button. The issue is after filling out the survey, the "finish" button occurs a Access Denied window (User Level).. How can I fix this, help please =(
This problem is only an issue
Submitted by Robert on Thu, 06/03/2010 - 22:22.This problem is only an issue if the 'Edit Access' is marked as 'None', which essentially does not allow a user to complete the survey even though they have 'Contributor' rights to do so. Marking the 'Edit Access' to All or Only Their Own should allow survey saving.
I am experiencing the same
Submitted by Robert on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 22:30.I am experiencing the same issue. Users have Contribute rights to the Survey, can Respond to the Survey, but when they click Finish, they get Access Denied.
Anyone figure this issue out?
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export to excel
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 01/29/2010 - 20:49.Hi,
I have a user who has created a survey that lets users see and edit only their own posts. However, the Export to Excel feature allows them to see the whole thing!
This is WSS 2.0...any thoughts?
Thanks!
Had the same issue. Its down
Submitted by Visitor on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 18:19.Had the same issue. Its down to earth ludicrous that ANYONE not having rights to see the result can still see all data as long as they export results as a Excel Sheet.
Sad.
My workaround was to hide the Toolbar from showing and HOPE that no one knew the default url.
Is not diff to get around it but it will have to do for the moment.
MS should have either disallowed person to export feature!
You can't prevent users from
Submitted by Wafi on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 22:05.You can't prevent users from export to excel by edit "Contribute" permission level and uncheck Use Client Integration Features.
So export to excel link will disapper!
sorry I said: "you
Submitted by Wafi on Tue, 07/13/2010 - 22:07.sorry I said: "you can't"
it's "you can"
'See all responses' link...
Submitted by Leticia on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 12:44.Thank you so much for your help! I was exactly with this problem, that users in a group, with Only Read permission could not answer the survey.
However, I have a doubt... I noticed that since the users will have contribute permission for the list, so the link 'See all responses' will appear for them. Is it possible to control that as well?
Thank you!
Survey's
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 09:27.Yes, it is possible. It
Submitted by Robert MacLean on Sat, 07/25/2009 - 14:56.SharePoint Surveys
Submitted by Marlon Green on Mon, 03/02/2009 - 10:23.Thanks!
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