Item Level Permissions in SharePoint 2013

Hi friends,


In this article we can explore a common scenario which can be solved using OOB feature of SharePoint 2013.

Scenario

You have a list to track expense claims. Multiple employees are using the same list. Following are the challenges:
1. Employees should see only their items
2. Employees should not be able to edit other employee’s items

Solution
Although using “views” will be the first solution in mind, we can solve this through OOB way using:
· List Item Level Permissions

Steps

Create an Expense list as shown below.


1. Create 2 users
2. Use 2 browsers
3. Add one expense-item for each user
4. You can see user-1 can see only his/her item
5. Same applies to editing as well
When user 1 logs in: