Minimum permissions

Given below are the minimum permissions a user must have in order to perform operations with Nintex for Office 365.

For more information about permission levels in SharePoint, see User permissions and permission levels in SharePoint.

Nintex Workflow for Office 365

Operation	Minimum permissions
Install Nintex Workflow for Office 365	Site collection administrator
Open the Nintex Workflow designer	List: Full control Site: Edit Site collection: Read
Publish a workflow	List: Full control Site: Design
Run a workflow	List: Contribute Site: Contribute

Nintex Forms for Office 365

Operation	Minimum permissions
Install Nintex Forms for Office 365	Site collection administrator
Open the Nintex Forms designer	List: Full control Site: Read Site collection: Read
Publish a form	List: Full control Site: Contribute
Open Nintex Forms in runtime	Permissions for runtime varies depending on individual requirement, for example allowing a user to only view or allowing a user to add, edit, delete and view. In a standard site any of the default permission levels that best match the permission requirements can be used . For example, the following permission levels can be used: Contribute Read Important: If you go outside the standard permission levels and grant a user custom permissions to Add and View only, the user will not be able to add files and items or use the Signature control. This limitation occurs because uploading files is performed after the list item is created, and adding files is considered an edit action by SharePoint. As a work around to this limitation, ensure that Edit permission is granted to the user. If applying unique permissions to a list, in order to allow users to access the Nintex Forms app, you must ensure that the user has the following Site Permissions applied at the site level: View Pages Browse User Information User Remote Interfaces Open For more information about SharePoint user permissions and permission levels, see User permissions and permission levels.