Column Permissions

Sharepoint is a Web application platform developed by Microsoft Corporation for small to big enterprises. It responds to website requirements of organizations and provides with a unified solution for multiple web applications. Sharepoint has various columns which are part of a list that contains the metadata of information. Due to their presentation in the user interface, they are known as columns. If you want to secure a particular Sharepoint column for preventing access by unauthorized users, and independently of the list it is featured in, then in that case you need a specialized application like Column Permissions v.1.0.

Column Permissions by ArtfulBits Inc. is a shareware application for managing permissions related to columns, effective in any type of column view. The permissions are effective in list view, RSS, New form, Edit form, Excel, Ms Access etc. Such security permissions can be assigned from this application with respect to certain users or Sharepoint groups. You can secure columns by assigning permissions with which a user will only be able to read the columns but not edit them. Such permissions are known as ‘read-only’ permissions. Apart from this, you can also hide these columns so that they are invisible to particular users or groups. Not just that, you can disable or hide the columns-view from the server side too. This program is especially effective for linking to MS Access, exporting the data to MS Excel, editing in datasheets etc. It is also capable of functioning with attachments. The program completely supports Microsoft SharePoint version 2007 and 2010.

To sum up, Column Permissions v.1.0 is a nice application for securing and assigning permissions to column items in a list. It supports a number of column views for assigning permissions. It receives a score of three and a half rating points on the scale of five.

ArtfulBits Column Permissions allows you to manage access to list content on column level. Permissions can be assigned for individual users and for SharePoint groups as well and are effective in forms and list views, as well as in the SharePoint Alerts, RSS, Datasheet and even during exporting to Excel and opening with Access.
Features:
- Supported read-only and hidden permissions for individual columns
- Assigned to individual users and SharePoint groups
- Effective for item New/Edit/Display forms
- Works with Attachments
- Applied to list views
- Effective for Alerts, linking to Access, editing in Datasheet, exporting to Excel
- Supported check effective permissions
- Hide or disable columns on server side
- Language pack support (desired localization could be added by request)
Why ArtfulBits Column Permissions?
If there are particular columns in SharePoint list that contain sensitive data that must be secured independently of containing list, you need ArtfulBits Column Permissions. It is powerful tool to manage column-level permissions that are effective in any column view, included New/Edit item forms, list views, MS Access, Excel, Datasheet, Alerts and RSS.