If there's a need to prevent a non-admin user from modifying a specific property, even by its owner, the @Protected@ attribute can be set to @true@, like so:
+<pre>
+Collections:
+ ManagedProperties:
+ sample_id: {Protected: true}
+</pre>
+
+This configuration won't assign a @sample_id@ property on collection creation, but if the user adds it to any collection, its value is protected from that point on.
+
+Another use case would be to protect properties that were automatically assigned by the system:
+
<pre>
Collections:
ManagedProperties:
responsible_person_uuid: {Function: original_owner, Protected: true}
</pre>
-This property can be applied to any of the defined managed properties. If missing, it's assumed as being @false@ by default.
+If missing, the @Protected@ attribute it’s assumed as being @false@ by default.
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