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Delegated Administration with SPE

Let's say for example that you wanted to provide a Context Menu option for users to unlock items based on the following criteria.

• Show when User is in the sitecore\Delegated Admin role
• Enable when the item is locked

In between cooking eggs at home I was able to whip this up.

So here is how I built it.

1. Create a new SPE Module with a Context Menu library.
2. Create a new script for unlocking the selected item.
3. Configure a rule for Show and Enable when certain conditions are met.

Now the user is able to Lock and Edit.

Sample script for Unlock Elevated:

$item = Get-Item -Path .
# The user should be one granted the appropriate access.
$user = Get-User -Id "superuser"
New-UsingBlock (New-Object Sitecore.Security.Accounts.UserSwitcher $user) {
    $item | Unlock-Item
}

Note: This solution may be better suited as a Ribbon command. You can read more about how to do that here.

Delegated Administration with SPE

Let's say for example that you wanted to provide a Context Menu option for users to unlock items based on the following criteria.

• Show when User is in the sitecore\Delegated Admin role
• Enable when the item is locked

In between cooking eggs at home I was able to whip this up.

So here is how I built it.

1. Create a new SPE Module with a Context Menu library.
2. Create a new script for unlocking the selected item.
3. Configure a rule for Show and Enable when certain conditions are met.

Now the user is able to Lock and Edit.

Sample script for Unlock Elevated:

$item = Get-Item -Path .
# The user should be one granted the appropriate access.
$user = Get-User -Id "superuser"
New-UsingBlock (New-Object Sitecore.Security.Accounts.UserSwitcher $user) {
    $item | Unlock-Item
}

Note: This solution may be better suited as a Ribbon command. You can read more about how to do that here.

Turns out Richard Seal apparently had the same idea today and hosted this.

Delegated Administration with SPE

Let's say for example that you wanted to provide a Context Menu option for users to unlock items based on the following criteria.

• Show when User is in the sitecore\Delegated Admin role
• Enable when the item is locked

In between cooking eggs at home I was able to whip this up.

So here is how I built it.

1. Create a new SPE Module with a Context Menu library.
2. Create a new script for unlocking the selected item.
3. Configure a rule for Show and Enable when certain conditions are met.

Now the user is able to Lock and Edit.

Sample script for Unlock Elevated:

$item = Get-Item -Path .
# The user should be one granted the appropriate access.
$user = Get-User -Id "superuser"
New-UsingBlock (New-Object Sitecore.Security.Accounts.UserSwitcher $user) {
    $item | Unlock-Item
}

Note: This solution may be better suited as a Ribbon command. You can read more about how to do that here.

Delegated Administration with SPE

Let's say for example that you wanted to provide a Context Menu option for users to unlock items based on the following criteria.

• Show when User is in the sitecore\Delegated Admin role
• Enable when the item is locked

In between cooking eggs at home I was able to whip this up.

So here is how I built it.

1. Create a new SPE Module with a Context Menu library.
2. Create a new script for unlocking the selected item.
3. Configure a rule for Show and Enable when certain conditions are met.

Now the user is able to Lock and Edit.

Sample script for Unlock Elevated:

$item = Get-Item -Path .
# The user should be one granted the appropriate access.
$user = Get-User -Id "superuser"
New-UsingBlock (New-Object Sitecore.Security.Accounts.UserSwitcher $user) {
    $item | Unlock-Item
}

Note: This solution may be better suited as a Ribbon command. You can read more about how to do that here.

Let's say for example that you wanted to provide a Context Menu option for users to unlock items based on the following criteria.

• Show when User is in the sitecore\Delegated Admin role
• Enable when the item is locked

In between cooking eggs at home I was able to whip this up.

So here is how I built it.

1. Create a new SPE Module with a Context Menu library.
2. Create a new script for unlocking the selected item.
3. Configure a rule for Show and Enable when certain conditions are met.

Now the user is able to Lock and Edit.

Sample script for Unlock Elevated:

$item = Get-Item -Path .
# The user should be one granted the appropriate access.
$user = Get-User -Id "superuser"
New-UsingBlock (New-Object Sitecore.Security.Accounts.UserSwitcher $user) {
    $item | Unlock-Item
}

This solution may be better suited as a Ribbon command. You can read more about how to do that here.

Delegated Administration with SPE

Let's say for example that you wanted to provide a Context Menu option for users to unlock items based on the following criteria.

• Show when User is in the sitecore\Delegated Admin role
• Enable when the item is locked

In between cooking eggs at home I was able to whip this up.

So here is how I built it.

1. Create a new SPE Module with a Context Menu library.
2. Create a new script for unlocking the selected item.
3. Configure a rule for Show and Enable when certain conditions are met.

Now the user is able to Lock and Edit.

Sample script for Unlock Elevated:

$item = Get-Item -Path .
# The user should be one granted the appropriate access.
$user = Get-User -Id "superuser"
New-UsingBlock (New-Object Sitecore.Security.Accounts.UserSwitcher $user) {
    $item | Unlock-Item
}

Note: This solution may be better suited as a Ribbon command. You can read more about how to do that here.