Get user current permissions or group name in list item change workflow?

Question

In a workflow (with designer) on list/library item change events I want to get the current user's permissions, more specifically, the group name(s) to apply some conditions based on the permissions of the user.

How can this be achieved?

Answer 1

There is no action in SharePoint 2013 workflow to get the user groups & permissions.

Workaround:

Use SharePoint REST APIs to get the user permissions. You can call REST APIs from workflow using Call HTTP Web Service action.

Get groups of user by using user Id:

/_api/web/getuserbyid(<user-id>)?$expand=groups

Replace <user-id> by Id of user.

Follow below references to use REST API in workflow (you can easily find other articles related to this on google).

References:

1. Calling Rest API From A SharePoint Designer Workflow
2. CALLING THE SHAREPOINT 2013 REST API FROM A SHAREPOINT DESIGNER WORKFLOW