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title: "App scope and permissions"
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## Global scope and permissions

Each app for Confluence Cloud (like Comala Document Control) has to be configured with a specific [scope](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/confluence/scopes/).

> Scopes allow an app to request a particular level of access to an Atlassian product.

This configuration is done automatically when the app is installed. This adds the **Comala Approvals for Confluence Cloud** **app user **as an individual user in the **Global permissions** screen.

![cdac_globalpermission_appuser.png](media://8bf6602e-122e-4046-8721-b0bf9e6adde5)

The automatic configuration also adds the **Comala Approvals for Confluence Cloud** **app user** as an individual user for each space in the **Space** **permissions screen.**

![cdac_spacepermissions_appuser.png](media://07aa7e99-f231-452f-bf5a-4ba3dbef78e3)

The app user is assigned all individual user permissions for the space except **Restrictions Add/Delete**, **Delete own**, **Archive**, **Space Export**.

Within an instance, a global administrator can limit the actions an app may perform.

> ℹ️ This is valuable as it allows administrators to safely install apps that they otherwise would not.

However

- changes in scope by a global administrator may affect the global permissions for the app user and the functioning of the app in the instance
- changes in the individual space permissions for the app user (either due to the global change or a space administrator change) may affect the functioning of the app in that space
- page restrictions added to content prior to the addition and application of the Approval app workflow to the content may cause an error

You must have page-level permission view and edit permission to use the applied workflow.

Space or page-level restrictions can prevent the app from working correctly. When this occurs, a message is displayed when the app attempts to initialize the state byline on the page. To resolve this, ensure the Comala Document Approval app add-on user (or, in some cases, the current user) is added to the space permissions and any page restrictions, then refresh the page.

See [FAQ](https://appfire.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CDACL/pages/688947858).

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