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# Assigning a Principal Enrolment

# How to Assign an Enrolment in a Principal Organisation

When a principal enrolment is created it is owned by the organisation, not the user that created it. To actually use the enrolment, users and assistants have to be assigned that right. This process is called 'assigning' a (principal) enrolment. The only exception to this rule is when there is only one user (and no assistants) within an organisation. If there is only one user then, when the user creates the enrolment, they are automatically assigned to it.

Users can assign enrolments, to themselves, other users (peers), or their own assistants. Note that a parent user can assign a principal enrolment to their assistants without being assigned themselves. Also, if a user is assigned an enrolment their assistants do not automatically inherit that assignment.

There is a SOAP Portal Interface method that allows a user to assign an enrolment to themselves, another user (a peer), or one of their assistants. The SOAP Public Interface GsoGetAssignedEnrolments method lists the enrolments assigned to a user or assistant.

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