# AutomaticPermissions

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A struct that describes the automatic permissions for objects specification of a value list item or an object.

- **Full name:** `MFiles.AutomaticPermissions`
- **Proto file:** [`mfiles/structs.proto`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/downloads/proto/mfiles/structs.proto)

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## Fields

| Field | Type | Number | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| <a id="f-permissions"></a>`permissions` | [`NamedACL`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.NamedACL/index.md) | 1 | The automatic permissions for an object for which the user selects this item. |
| <a id="f-is_default"></a>`is_default` | `bool` | 2 | True if these automatic permissions are not private i.e. they are not directly specified for (owned by) this item but they come from somewhere else, e.g. from the default/common automatic permissions of the object type. |
| <a id="f-use_object_permissions"></a>`use_object_permissions` | `bool` | 3 | If true the object/item's own permissions are used as its automatic permissions. |

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## Used by methods

- [IRPCObjectTypesAdmin.ChangeObjectTypeItemAutomaticPermissionsForObjects](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/ChangeObjectTypeItemAutomaticPermissionsForObjects/index.md): Sets or clears the automatic permissions that an item (a value list item or an object) gives to the objects that refer to it.

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## Used in fields

- [`ValueListAdmin.automatic_acl_for_objects`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ValueListAdmin/index.md#f-automatic_acl_for_objects): The default automatic permissions for items and objects.
- [`ValueListItem.automatic_permissions`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ValueListItem/index.md#f-automatic_permissions): If set, specifies the automatic permissions for an object for which the user selects this item.
- [`ChangeObjectTypeItemAutomaticPermissionsForObjectsRequest.utf8szaacl`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/ChangeObjectTypeItemAutomaticPermissionsForObjects/index.md#request): The new automatic permissions. Ignored when `acl_valid` is false.