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alias: user-guide-adjust-state-protocol-instance
description: "This documentation details changing a protocol instance’s state without adhering to predefined flows"
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# Adjust Protocol Instance State

:lock: ProtocolInstance.**AdjustState**

## Overview

This operation is used to change the state of the **Protocol Instance** without skipping the restrictions. The **Protocol Instance** can be changed to any state, even if not following the defined state flow.

## Setup

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

## Pre-conditions

* If a role is defined in the current Protocol Instance Path State, the user must belong to that role.
* Protocol Instance exists, is active and is in the system state *Open*.
* The new Protocol Instance state must be different from the current Protocol instance state.
* The new Protocol Instance State belongs to the Protocol Instance State Model.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1

1. Select a **Protocol Instance** and click **Adjust State**.
2. Select a new Protocol State and click **Adjust State**.
3. Optionally, enter a comment.
4. The system will confirm that the Protocol Instance State has been adjusted successfully.

![Protocol_Adjust_State][Protocol_Adjust_State]

!!! note
	For security reasons, this operation is, by default, only visible for specific roles which can be pre-defined.

 [Protocol_Adjust_State]: ../images/Protocol_Adjust_State.png