# Set View permissions through scripting **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [August 22, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-view-permissions-through-scripting/78195 "2023-08-22T06:19:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![manjuyadav95.m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc348/32.png) [@manjuyadav95.m](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/manjuyadav95.m)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2023, 6:19am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-view-permissions-through-scripting/78195/1 "2023-08-22T06:19:20Z")
Is there any way to configure view permissions through scripting? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/0/80b8a6d881c39949e33a9b250e765ed605c652d9.png) I tried this below method but no optn to pass window path to it ... ```auto # system.perspective.isAuthorized(True, 'Authenticated/Roles/Administrator') ``` ---
**Author:** ![sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bcef8e/32.png) [@sanjanakrishnamurthy](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/sanjanakrishnamurthy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-view-permissions-through-scripting/78195/2 "2026-03-30T08:08:09Z")
Hi, Does anyone have any ideas on this? ---
**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2026, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/set-view-permissions-through-scripting/78195/3 "2026-03-30T08:43:23Z")
The only option is to edit the view’s json definition in the file itself. AI (Claude) will get you there easily, especially giving an example of a view with an example permission set. Just remember to do a project scan after you edit the file