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Bypassing download approval
There are three four ways of bypassing download approval when it’s enabled.
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2. Bypass based on media formats
The last option for bypassing is to With this you can select certain formats that can always be downloaded, of course, only as long as the users have the proper download qualities and roles.
Again, access the approval settings page, and in the option ‘Media formats' select the media format(s) you’d like not to receive download requests for.
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Bypass based on a role
Add the role 'Download_Approval_Bypass' to a user or a group. This will grant the affected user(s) the ability to bypass all download approval restrictions.
4. Bypass based on groups or users (Content Owner)
This allows users or groups to bypass the download approval process for certain assets.
The difference between this and “Bypass based on a role“, is that with the role, all assets would be downloadable.
Please be aware that, the person who is entrusted with the ability to bypass the download, will also need to have read access to the MasterItemReference field which is used to determine who can bypass download. However, this field may be hidden.
Require download approval
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