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  • December 18, 2025
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tommy
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Hi, I am writing here hoping someone can help me or reference to some documentation.


I am trying to recreate my site from a: SharePoint 2019 and Nintex 2019 → SharePoint Online and Nintex Automated Cloud.
We have a lot of users +300 and many items in our list, +150 000 items. And we do not want users to see or be able to edit other items. But it is ok if they can see and edit other items from users from the same company.
So, to avoid unique permission limit of 5000 items, we created one folder with unique permission for each company with contribute permission and set the list permission to read. This makes it so users can only see one folder and not able to add new item at root level. They click their folder and then the new item is available. and they can now add items and edit any item from their company.
And we have a Nintex 2019 form for easier form design and functionality and so on.

 

Now to SharePoint Online and Nintex Automated Cloud. I recreated the list with read permission and added the folders with contribute permission for each company. and tested it. Worked perfect user can only see their folder and not able to add items outside their folder. 

 

Then i created the Nintex List Form, and i did nothing in the form just published it. And now users get Permission denied. If i delete the Nintex form, it works again. So, it works with SharePoint default form but not Nintex forms.

I tested around and if i add so users can add items in root list, then they can open the Nintex list form. But i do not want them to be able to create items outside their folder. then everyone can see and edit other items, which is not good when we have so many items and users. 

So, my findings are that the New Nintex Automated Cloud List forms don't work with lower permissions on list and higher on folder. I am trying all kinds of things. But cannot find a good solution. 

I am now stuck between have less then 5000 items and unique item permissions.

or

Have no Nintex list form at all.

I think Nintex has thought of this somehow, how we can make items only available for a group of users. and have large list >5000. I just cannot figure it out.

 

I would really appreciate any kind of help :)
Best regards Tommy

Best answer by tommy

-Update-
Nintex forms is a SPFx Custom form. And SharePoint “New Item” re-direct through List permission → Folder Permission. And because in my case user have “Read" on list they don't get access to “New Item”. So, looks like not a Nintex issue but SharePoint by design. 
Which if i understand correctly you cannot use Nintex or any other SPFx custom forms if you have broken “Inheriting permission” on lists or libraries.

In my view this makes custom SPFx forms useless for larger lists where permission is necessary.
So, i hope SharePoint will change this sometime, but i cannot find it on any Official forum telling they are working on it.
Here is a link to SharePoint Official discussion the issue. If someone has same problem as me.
Access denied on folder with Form Customizer · Issue #9893 · SharePoint/sp-dev-docs

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tommy
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  • December 19, 2025

-Update-

I have made the discovery that if I as owner go in to the right folder and then New item, which opens the Nintex form and give that link to the User it works. 
I also noticed that when clicking on the “New item” when having a Nintex form it re-direct two time.

So, I think it is not a permission issue due to that i can give link to user and they can open it and save, creating an item. But when clicking the “New button” something in the redirect between SharePoint and Nintex seems to be the issue. Dose anyone else have this trouble?

I am a bit unsure how to Continue.

Best regards Tommy


tommy
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  • December 19, 2025

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It is only when “Folder” → “New item” Nintex list form that get this error.
Edit or view Item opens no problem with Nintex list form. 
And it works if giving “Add item” permission to user on list level. But that is the precise thing we do not want, due to Users seeing each other items and Unique permission limit. So they must add item under their folder. 
Best regards Tommy


tommy
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  • January 14, 2026

-Update-
Nintex forms is a SPFx Custom form. And SharePoint “New Item” re-direct through List permission → Folder Permission. And because in my case user have “Read" on list they don't get access to “New Item”. So, looks like not a Nintex issue but SharePoint by design. 
Which if i understand correctly you cannot use Nintex or any other SPFx custom forms if you have broken “Inheriting permission” on lists or libraries.

In my view this makes custom SPFx forms useless for larger lists where permission is necessary.
So, i hope SharePoint will change this sometime, but i cannot find it on any Official forum telling they are working on it.
Here is a link to SharePoint Official discussion the issue. If someone has same problem as me.
Access denied on folder with Form Customizer · Issue #9893 · SharePoint/sp-dev-docs