Bypass user permissions

Select this checkbox to run the script regardless of the permissions of the user who triggered the automation. This option allows you to use a script to automatically update assets a user can’t see or take actions that a user can’t take.

For example, suppose you have an archivist intern who doesn’t have the Manage project statuses Security Function. You’ve created a custom button labeled Archive and written a Call external API script that, among other things, creates an Archive Image project and assigns an Archival Review Pending status when the button is clicked. When you use the bypass user permission function, the intern can click the button and the script will create the project and assign a status, even though the intern couldn’t take those actions in the system herself.

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Note

When you configure the Call external API automation to bypass user permissions, you can’t show toast messages to let the user know the automation is running. In other words, you can’t show the users confirmation messages for actions that they might not be able to take.