DeliverPoint Inheritance Field

Within any list or library Field type you can add the DeliverPoint Inheritance Field. This is a custom column which when added to a view displays a permissions inherited/broken inheritance indicator which acts as a hyperlink to the Discover Permissions page for that item/folder.

To add the DeliverPoint Inheritance Field to a list or library, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to the list or library, and then on the List / Library Ribbon tab, click Create Column in the Manage Views group.
   
   
   
   
2. On the Create Column dialog, type a name for the list in the Column name text box, for example, Permission Inheritance and then select DeliverPoint inheritance field.
   
   
   
   
3. If the view that was displayed was not the default view then a check box is displayed, Add to default view. Select if you want the DeliverPoint inheritance column added to the default view.
   
   
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and then click OK.
   
   The DeliverPoint Inheritance column is created. If you used the above steps when the default view is displayed the column is automatically added to the default view.
   
   
   
   When the folders / items where permission is inherited – the inheritance icon is slightly transparent. When permission inheritance is broken, then the inheritance icon is not transparent.
   
   
   

*To find more information on the permissions for the list / folder / item / file, use the Discover Permissions command. To add the column based on the DeliverPoint inheritance field to other views, see the procedures below.

*The image file, UniquePermissions.png, used in the DeliverPoint inheritance field is stored the ../images/DeliverPoint/Fields folder in the 15 hive of each front-end server in your Microsoft SharePoint farm. Your organization could replace this file with their own image if they prefer.

To remove the DeliverPoint inheritance column from a list or library, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to the list / library where you want to remove the column based on the DeliverPoint inheritance field that you created previously.
   
   
2. On the List / Library Ribbon tab, click List / Library Settings to display the Settings page.
   
   
3. In the Columns section, click on the name of the DeliverPoint inheritance field column to display the Edit Column page.
   
   
4. At the bottom of the page, click Delete.
   
   
5. A Message from webpage dialog box is displayed, click OK to confirm the removal of the column.
   
   

To add the DeliverPoint Inheritance column to a view, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to the list / library where you previously created a column based on the DeliverPoint inheritance field.
   
   
2. On the List / Library Ribbon tab, in the Manage Views group, change to the view where you want to add the DeliverPoint inheritance column.
   
   
3. On the List / Library Ribbon tab click Modify View in the Manage Views group to display the Edit View page.
   
   
4. Select the checkbox to the right of the column based on the DeliverPoint inheritance field.
   
   
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click OK.
   
   

To remove the DeliverPoint Inheritance column from a view, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to the list / library where you previously added to a view the column based on the DeliverPoint inheritance field.
   
   
2. On the List / Library Ribbon tab, in the Manage Views group, change to the view where you want to remove the DeliverPoint inheritance column.
   
   
3. On the List / Library Ribbon tab click Modify View in the Manage Views group to display the Edit View page.
   
   
4. Clear the checkbox to the right of the column based on the DeliverPoint inheritance field.
   
   
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and click OK.