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alias: user-guide-take-ownership-protocol-instance
description: "This documentation outlines the process for a user to assume ownership of a protocol instance"
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# Take Protocol Instance Ownership

:lock: ProtocolInstance.**TakeOwnership**

## Overview

This operation allows you to become the new owner of the **Protocol Instance**. At the **Protocol** level, you can define the default owner for all the **Protocol Instances** and while the instance is open, you have the possibility to take ownership of the protocol instance, becoming the new owner.

## Setup

No special setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* Protocol Instance exists, is active and is in the system state *Open*.
* The user has an active Employee object associated with it.

## Sequences of steps

### Step 1

1. Select a Protocol **Instance**.
2. Optionally, enter a comment.
3. Select **Take Ownership**.

![Protocol_Instance_Take_Ownership][Protocol_Instance_Take_Ownership]

!!! note
	**Note:** For security reasons, this operation is, by default, visible only for specific roles, which can be pre-defined. To take ownership, you need to have at least one of these roles. This restriction is not related with the state role; the state role is needed just to perform and edit.

[Protocol_Instance_Take_Ownership]: ../images/Protocol_Instance_Take_Ownership.png