How can I disable Permission checks?

Axon.ivy 7.0 and newer

There is a convenience checkbox on the 'Script Activity' below the code block which will turn of permission check completely. Just hit it and fire your administrative API call here.

https://developer.axonivy.com/doc/latest/DesignerGuideHtml/ivy.processmodeling.html#ivy-processmodels-elements-tabs-code

All Versions

You can disable Xpert.ivy Security checks with the following code:

import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import ch.ivyteam.ivy.server.ServerFactory;

public class AdministrationTask 
{
    public static void doAdminTask() throws Exception
    {
        ServerFactory.getServer().getSecurityManager().executeAsSystem(new Callable<Void>(){
            @Override
            public Void call() throws Exception {

                // Implement your code here. Permission checks are disabled in this method.

                return null;
            }});
    }
}

Note that the method is called executeAsSystem(...). There is a similar method on the ISecurityContext called executeAsSystemUser(...). The difference between the two methods is that executeAsSystem(...) disables all permission checks whereas executeAsSystemUser(...) executes the code as user SYSTEM with permission checks enabled. With executeAsSystemUser(...) if the SYSTEM user does not own a necessary permission then Xpert.ivy will also throw a PermissionDeniedException. Whereas with executeAsSystem(...) no PermissionDeniedException will ever by thrown.