Update a role in your SharePoint site collection.

Stored Procedure-Specific Information

The UpdateRole stored procedure modifies the properties of an existing SharePoint role (permission level). You can update the role's name, description, and permissions.

To update a role's description, enter:

EXEC UpdateRole Name = 'Custom Role', Description = 'Updated role description';

To rename a role and update its permissions, enter:

EXEC UpdateRole Name = 'Old Role Name', NewName = 'New Role Name', Description = 'Updated description', Permissions = '1073741927';

Input

Name	Type	Required	Description
Name	String	True	The current name of the role.
NewName	String	False	The new name of the role.
Description	String	False	The description of the role.
Permissions	String	False	The mask of permissions to grant to the role. To learn more about permission masks, check out the 'Permission Masks' section in Permissions.

Result Set Columns

Name	Type	Description
Success	Boolean	Indicates whether the role was successfully updated. Returns 'true' for success and 'false' for failure.