site member cannot start publish approval workflow, get "access require"

Question

Hello ,

I am using SP 2013 and have a publish site. i attach the built-in publishing approval workflow on Page library.

However member user (he can edit item) cannot start this approval workflow.

check in and publish to start the workflow

start:

Get error:

while site collection admin does not meet this error. can you help to explain?

below is my workflow setting:

Answer 1

Hi @kong

You could try to grant read permission to these users. According to this article users who are approving the item as part of the workflow is also required to have Read access to the item that's the target of the workflow.

For Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/da-DK/sharepoint/troubleshoot/workflows/access-denied-when-approve-workflow-task

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