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What is the easiest way to make an application/process read only
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Hi everyone,

maybe someone has a good idea for this request.

One application will be migrated from WEBCON to another platform. The users should still be able to view the data but they shouldn't be able to modify it.

While this isn't a problem the process privilege level, the users didn't work correctly with the system and now have hundreds of open tasks. Which in turn means, the users with those tasks have also a personal edit privilege.

I haven't come up with a good way how to solve this. These are the options I thought about:
- Modify the privileges in the database directly
- Change the field field matrix to read only for all processes in the application
- Create a path enable quick path and reassign the tasks to service user.
- Unassign the licenses from the users

I want to refrain modifying the database directly and editing the process. I also can't unassign the licenses because it a perpetual license.

Does someone have a good idea for this request?

Best regards,
Daniel

Hi Daniel,

What about this approach:

- First, identify all workflow instances where the affected users still have "open tasks".
- Then finish those tasks programmatically, e.g. via REST API:
Community post: “The finish all users tasks option” - https://community.webcon.com/posts/post/the-finish-all-users-tasks-option/24/3
REST endpoint: POST /api/data/v7.0/db/{dbId}/elements/{id}/admin/tasks/finishall
Docs: REST API – finish all tasks - https://developer.webcon.com/2026/resources/rest_api7.0/index.html#tag/PublicApiElements/paths/~1api~1data~1v7.0~1db~1%7BdbId%7D~1elements~1%7Bid%7D~1admin~1tasks~1finishall/post

-After that, if necessary, adjust permissions so that users only have Read access.

Best regards
Maryna