How to Set ShortPoint Element Visibility to Active Directory Security Group

This article will demonstrate how to set up Design Element Visibility to support Active Directory Security Group:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Prerequisites
• Step-by-step Tutorial
  • Part 1: Add a Group to a SharePoint Group
    • Step 1: Open Advanced Permissions Settings
    • Step 2: Create Group
    • Step 3: Add a Group to the New SharePoint Group
  • Part 2: Setting ShortPoint element's Visibility
    • Step 1: Edit the ShortPoint Web Part
    • Step 2: Switch to Grid Mode
    • Step 3: Edit the Design Element
    • Step 4: Enable Support for Other Groups
    • Step 5: Save

Prerequisites

• You must have the latest version of ShortPoint SPFx installed on your SharePoint environment.
• You must be a ShortPoint Designer with an active license.
• You must already have the Design Element that you want to set up the visibility for on your SharePoint page.

Step-by-step Tutorial

The steps have been divided into two parts. Follow each part closely to successfully set up Design Element Visibility for Active Directory Security Group.

Part 1: Add a Group to a SharePoint Group

This section explains how to add an Active Directory (AD) security group to a SharePoint group and configure the SharePoint group settings for compatibility with ShortPoint visibility features.

Step 1: Open Advanced Permissions Settings

Open the SharePoint page you want to use and click the cogwheel icon:

Select Site permissions from the drop-down:

Click Advanced permissions settings:

Step 2: Create Group

Select Create Group:

[1] Name the new group and set the visibility to [2] Group Members:

Click Create:

Step 3: Add a Group to the New SharePoint Group

Click New to invite members:

Type the [1] name of the group  that you want to add to the SharePoint group and click [2] Share:

You've successfully added a group to a SharePoint group. You can now proceed to part 2.

Part 2: Setting ShortPoint element's Visibility

This part describes how to configure ShortPoint visibility to support Security groups (AD groups).

Step 1: Edit the ShortPoint Web Part

Go to the SharePoint page you want to use and click Edit:

Close the Toolbox:

Edit the ShortPoint web part:

Step 2: Switch to Grid Mode

NOTECurrently, Visibility settings can only be modified in Grid Mode.

Click the Switch to Grid Mode icon:

Step 3: Edit the Design Element

NOTES: [1] Before proceeding, make sure you already have the Design Element you want to set up the visibility for on your SharePoint page.

[2] Setting visibility for Sections, Rows, Columns, or content-holder Design Elements will affect all Design Elements contained within them.

Click the cogwheel icon of the Design Element you want to use. You can use any Design Element, but for this guide, we’ll use Section:

Step 4: Enable Support for Other Groups

Go to the Visibility tab:

Add the SharePoint group you modified in Part 1 in the "This ShortPoint is visible only for" or "Do not show it for" property. For this guide, we’ll add it to the first property:

Toggle on Enable advanced settings:

Toggle on Enable support for other groups:

Step 5: Save

Click Update:

Select the eye icon to see your page in real-time:

Save your changes:

That's it! Now, ShortPoint Visibility will support Security group (AD group) users.

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