Get-PnPGroupPermission is not working

Murali Kris

8y3.8kSharePoint

Hi All,

Actually new to PnP Powershell. i am trying to get sharepoint group permission

i am trying to get group permission, but it doesnt work, can some one help me here. please see the attched screen shot.

PS C:\windows\system32> Get-PnPGroupPermissions -Identity '03 Shift Team 3'

Get-PnPGroupPermissions : Can not find the principal with id: 188.

At line:1 char:1

+ Get-PnPGroupPermissions -Identity '03 Shift Team 3'

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Get-PnPGroupPermissions], ServerException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Principals.GetGroupPermissions

PS C:\windows\system32> Get-PnPGroup -Identity 188 | Get-PnPGroupPermissions

Get-PnPGroupPermissions : Can not find the principal with id: 188.

At line:1 char:30

+ Get-PnPGroup -Identity 188 | Get-PnPGroupPermissions

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Get-PnPGroupPermissions], ServerException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Principals.GetGroupPermissions

PS C:\windows\system32> Get-PnPGroup -Identity '03 Shift Team 3' | Get-PnPGroupPermissions

Get-PnPGroupPermissions : Can not find the principal with id: 188.

At line:1 char:44

+ Get-PnPGroup -Identity '03 Shift Team 3' | Get-PnPGroupPermissions

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Get-PnPGroupPermissions], ServerException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Principals.GetGroupPermissions

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Arutselvan Muthukannu8y ago
Accepted answer
I think you're trying to get the group from another web. Make sure that you're connecting to the web from which you're trying to access the group through Connect-PnPOnline.
If you are trying to get any group permissions from a sub-site by connecting to its root web, it won't work. so you need to connect to your sub-site and then you have to perform the get operation.
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Nanddeep Nachan8y ago
Run below PowerShell
Get-SPOGroup
The output will be something like:

Id        Title                           LoginName
--         -----                           ---------
9        Demo 1 Members     Demo 1 Members
7        Demo 1 Owners        Demo 1 Owners
8        Demo 1 Visitors        Demo 1 Visitors

Now run
Get-SPOGroup -Identity 9 | Get-SPOGroupPermissions
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Arutselvan Muthukannu8y ago
There is a flag called IsHiddenInUI under SPGroup model. Based on the flag, the user.aspx page renders the group names. You can do the same using below PS Script.
$grps=Get-PnPGroup -Web "/sites/content1/Apps"

ForEach($grp in $grps){
    if(!$grp.IsHiddenInUI){
        $grp
    }
}
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Murali Kris8y ago
Hi Muthukannu,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

Get-PnPGroupPermissions -Web "/sites/content1/Apps" -Identity "Apps Members"

i understand the above one returns only one group permission but requirment is...

Get/retrive only web groups and group permissions.

I tried to get only web groups but below command also returning all groups at site level.

PS C:\windows\system32>Get-PnPGroup -Web "/site/testsite/PnPsite"

yes PnPsite also haveing all the groups under groups.aspx but here we have only 3 groups under user.aspx.

how do we get/retrive user.aspx page
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Arutselvan Muthukannu8y ago
Yes, you can mention the subsite or a different web related to the connection made using Connect-PnPOnline.

The below PS Script will help you to get the group permissions.
Get-PnPGroupPermissions -Web "/sites/content1/Apps" -Identity "Apps Members"
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Murali Kris8y ago
hi Muthukannu,

you are right.but using Get-PnPGroup i can get all the groups at site level, this is not working on my case for get group permission, could you help me how to get groups at web level, i want to get all groups from web.
how to use this
Get-PnPGroup -web what is next here
could you please give one complete example here.

thanks In Advance.
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