Delete the specific permission level from the site in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript


Delete the specific permission level from the site in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript

In this article you will see how to delete the specific permission level from the site in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript.

Introduction:

In this article you will see how to delete the specific permission level from the site in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript. I have a SharePoint site which has the following permission levels (Navigate to the SharePoint site. Click on Site Actions and then click on Site Settings. Click on Site Permissions in the Users and Permissions section. In the ribbon interface, click on Permission Levels).






Steps Involved:

1. Navigate to the SharePoint site (I have a site page created in my site where I am going to add the content editor web part).
2. Go to Site Actions, click on Edit Page.



3. Click on Insert tab in the ribbon interface and then click on Web Part button.



4. Select Media and Content in the Categories section and then click on Content Editor.



5. Click on Add.
6. Content editor web part will be added to the site page.
7. Click on down arrow and then click on Edit Web Part.



8. Click on “Click here to add new content”.



9. Click on Format Text tab in the ribbon interface and then click on HTML drop down.



10. Click on Edit HTML source.
11. HTML source window will pop up.



12. Copy and paste the following script.

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

var roleDefinitionCollection;
var roleDefinition;
function permissionLevel() {
var clientContext = new SP.ClientContext.get_current();
if (clientContext != undefined && clientContext != null) {
var web = clientContext.get_web();
this.roleDefinitionCollection = web.get_roleDefinitions();
this.roleDefinition = roleDefinitionCollection.getByName("editandadd");
roleDefinition.deleteObject();
clientContext.executeQueryAsync(Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQuerySucceeded), Function.createDelegate(this, this.onQueryFailed));
}
}

function onQuerySucceeded() {

}

function onQueryFailed(sender, args) {
alert('Request failed. ' + args.get_message() + '\n' + args.get_stackTrace());
}</script>
<input id="btnPermissionLevels" onclick="permissionLevel()" type="button" value="Delete Permission Level" />

13. Click on Ok.
14. In the ribbon interface click on Save & Close button.



15. In the content editor web part you could find a button named “Delete Permission Level”, click on that button.



Reference:
1. SP.Web.get_roleDefinitions() Property - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee553420.aspx
2. SP.RoleDefinitionCollection.getByName(name) Method - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee658432.aspx
3. SP.RoleDefinition.deleteObject() Method - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee659186.aspx

Summary:

Thus in this article you have seen how to delete the specific permission level from the site in SharePoint 2010 using ECMAScript.

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