Which permissions / roles are required for item cloning?

Question

I have a user who needs the ability to clone items. The problem is that the clone options do not appear in the ribbon.

Expected State

Actual State

Which role do I need to assign the user to grant them the ability to clone?

Answer 1

I generally recommend avoiding cloning at all costs (in almost all cases). That said, the role you need is sitecore\Sitecore Client Developing. This role is quite permissive and will also grant the user other developer/admin tier functionality.

Consider this lightweight solution instead:

We can define a custom role with a self documenting name, with the sole purpose of granting access to cloning functionality in the ribbon. Let's name the role Client Name && Item Cloning Ribbon && ALLOW READ. Then, update the permissions on the items:

Then, we assign that role to the user (or to another role) so we can easily see that they have those permissions via the "Member Of" role list.

Remember to also do the following (if applicable):

• Serialize / back up the role
• Serialize / back up the items in which the security permissions were changed on
• Incorporate these updates in your identity provider claims configuration