Custom Permissions on SharePoint List/Library View

SharePoint any version does not offer permissions at a view level. You can have item level permissions, but not view level permissions. There is no easy way or server side method available.

I had a situation where it would be nice if  I could permissions at the view level. Over a year ago, I had a similar problem, but that time I told the client there was no way to set permissions at the view.

Here is a solution to set permissions at a view level. I will take a pages library in my example. In this example, if the current user does not belong to site owners group, they would be redirected to home page.

Assumptions

• Pages Library provisioned

Solution

1. Create a new .JS file and add it to anywhere on the site (Hint: SiteAssets)
2. Add code like this below
3. Goto AllItems.aspx page/view and click edit.
4. Add a CE to the page.
5. Link the CE to this .JS file. (That is all required)

Note: Make sure you are using the right version of SPService and Jquery as they seem to have compatibility issues.

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script src="/SiteAssets/jquery.SPServices-0.7.1a.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">

$(document).ready(function() {

//Do this for All Documents Views. The regular user does not need to view "All Documents" view.

  $().SPServices({

           operation: "GetGroupCollectionFromUser",

           userLoginName: $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser(),

           async: false,

           completefunc: function (xData, Status) {

               if ($(xData.responseXML).find("Group[Name='Site Owners']").length != 1) {

location.href = location.href.replace('/Forms/AllItems.aspx', '/Default.aspx');

               }

             

           }

       });

        

});

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