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Failed to copy item. User context has insufficient permissions to perform the requested operation

  • May 26, 2015
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I have a Nintex account set up as a constant.  But I am still getting this error when it tries to move a document into another folder with the same permissions.

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  • May 26, 2015

Where have you set it?

What action are you using?

Who has started the workflow?


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  • Author
  • May 26, 2015

Where have you set it?  I set the Constant at Farm Level.  the account has "Edit" permissions

What action are you using? I am using Copy to SharePoint

Who has started the workflow?  A user with "edit" permissions.  But in the Copy to SharePoint I use Override Credentials w/ the constant account


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  • Nintex Partner
  • August 13, 2015

I had this same issue, but resolved it by using the Override Credentials and verifying that those creds can change data on the destination library. Before I did this, the action was using the System account to edit the library which did not have access. If you do not provide override credentials, the system account is used.


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  • June 22, 2020
Would you know how to 'release' items that were created by a workflow, but the user had insufficient permissions. In other words, when an item is created in List A, then a workflow creates an item in List B. The user created an item in List A and it 'reserved' or created the item in List B, but we can't see it.