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alias: user-guide-active-instances
description: "This documentation details accessing and managing active instances within object details views"
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# Active Instances

The **Active Instances** section is displayed within the **Recipe** and **Protocol** Details view and enables you to access the active instance(s) of the respective objects.

For more information on the **Active Instances** section, visit the page [Create Recipe](../../../business-data/recipe/create_recipe.md) or [Open Protocol Instance](../../../business-data/protocol/protocol-instance/open_protocol_instance.md).