# EffectivePermissions

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HTML version: https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.EffectivePermissions/

Effective permissions.

One user's access to an object as given by the object's ACL alone. Vault-level rights such as
seeing all objects are not included.

- **Full name:** `MFiles.EffectivePermissions`
- **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-user_id"></a>`user_id` | `int32` | 1 | The user account ID. |
| <a id="f-permissions"></a>`permissions` | [`ObjectPermissionsForClient`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.ObjectPermissionsForClient/index.md) | 2 | What the user can do with the object according to its ACL. |

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## Used by methods

- [IRPCObjectOperations.GetEffectivePermissions](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetEffectivePermissions/index.md): Gets the effective permissions of a document.

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## Used in fields

- [`GetEffectivePermissionsResponse.permissions`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectOperations/GetEffectivePermissions/index.md#response): One entry per user with any access, by user ID.