# Flowable user authorization on tasks

**URL:** https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-user-authorization-on-tasks/4615
**Category:** Flowable Engine
**Created:** [October 1, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-user-authorization-on-tasks/4615 "2019-10-01T10:56:20Z")
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### Author: ![efake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e274bd/32.png) [@efake](https://forum.flowable.org/u/efake)
#### Post date: [October 1, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-user-authorization-on-tasks/4615/1 "2019-10-01T10:56:20Z")

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Hi,

I’m using Flowable with a business process that has user tasks with multiple **candidateGroups** and, we have been searching tasks through the flowable’s API query tasks service and filling the field **candidateOrAssigned** with the id of the user.

We would like to, instead of having to send the user through the API, use the current logged user.

Is there any configuration already available on the engine for that purpose?

Thanks in advance,  
Diogo Ferreira

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### Author: ![DarkStar1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/forum.flowable.org/darkstar1/32/394_2.png) [@DarkStar1](https://forum.flowable.org/u/DarkStar1)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2019, 6:55am UTC](https://forum.flowable.org/t/flowable-user-authorization-on-tasks/4615/2 "2019-10-02T06:55:12Z")

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Are you asking if you can use a different source for authentication instead of the flowable idm?