# Managing Actions

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You can only validate an action that is assigned to you. Actions assigned to a user are read-only for the other users. Unassigned actions are read-only for all users.
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You can only validate an action that is assigned to you. Actions assigned to a user are read-only for the other users. Unassigned actions are read-only for all users.
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## Assigning an Action to Yourself and Opening It

1. For an unassigned action, click **More Actions** > **Assign to Self and Open**. The action is assigned to you, and is automatically opened.
2. Do the required changes and validate the action using the defined action button. The action status changes to **Completed**, and the execution of the process is resumed when a Robot is available.

## Assigning an Action to a User From the Actions Page

The procedure for reassigning and unassigning an action is similar.

1. For an unassigned action, click **More Actions** > **Assign**. The **Assign Action** window is displayed.
2. From the **Assign to User** drop-down, select the user you want to assign the action to.

   * All directory users are displayed in this drop-down, however only those that have been granted the required permissions to the action-containing folder can be assigned an action.
   * All local users that have been granted the required permissions to the action-containing folder are displayed in this drop-down, and implicitly can be assigned an action.
3. Click **Assign**.

## Assigning an Action to a User From the Action View

The procedure for reassigning an action is similar. Unassigning an action can only be made on the **Actions** page. Read the procedure above.

1. For the desired action, click **More Actions** > **Open**. The action is displayed.
2. Click **Assign** on the action header. The **Assign Action** window is displayed.
3. From the **Assign to User** drop-down, select the user you want to assign the action to.

   * All directory users are displayed in this drop-down, however only those that have been granted the required permissions to the action-containing folder can be assigned an action.
   * All local users that have been granted the required permissions to the action-containing folder are displayed in this drop-down, and implicitly can be assigned an action.
4. Click **Assign** to assign the action to the user. The action view is refreshed and updated with the new action state and assignee.

## Opening an Action

Based on the status of the action, there are two scenarios:

* Pending or unassigned actions: Click **More Actions** > **Open**. The action is opened. If the action is opened by the user to whom it has been assigned, it can be validated. If it is opened by a different user, it is read-only.
* Completed actions: Click the **Open** button. The read-only action is opened. Once completed, validation cannot be reverted.

Besides validating an action, while in action view, you can also assign or reassign it (using the **Assign** and **Reassign** buttons), and navigate in between actions (**Previous** and **Next** buttons).

After the validation of an action is complete you also have the option to get to the next one automatically. First displayed actions are the ones with higher priority or the older ones, if the priority is the same.

If you want to discard your changes, simply click **X**, and then **Yes** to confirm.

Validating document validation actions requires the user to use Validation Station in Orchestrator. [Click here to learn how to use Validation Station](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/present-classification-station#section-using-the-classification-station).

Validating document classification actions requires the user to use Classification Station in Orchestrator. [Click here to learn how to use Classification Station](https://docs.uipath.com/activities/docs/present-validation-station#section-using-the-validation-station).

## External Actions

External systems handle action completion in Orchestrator. As an override, in case the external system cannot mark the action as complete, any action user in Orchestrator to whom the action is visible can mark the action as complete. To complete an external action, simply click **Complete** for the desired action. The action is marked as Completed and its assignee changes to the user under which completion was performed.