# Apply changes
## DefinitionThis step is used to assign permission to a user to access the protected resource.
## Steps Tabs
### Task details
- **Apply entitlements**: check it (select the Yes option) to make changes to permissions on the Soffid repository
Incoming transitions
The Incoming transitions tab displays the previous steps where the flow comes from. When you create a process from a template or from scratch default incoming transitions are defined. It is allowed to customize the default setup, add new transitions, or delete transitions.
- **From**: the previous step, where the flow comes. Allows you to select where the workflow comes from.
- **Incoming transition**: brief name to identify the transition. That is the name of the action the form will show to the final user.
- **To**: current step.
- **Action**: allows creating a custom script to perform specific actions.
When you create an incoming transition, Soffid creates the proper outcoming transition.
##### Example
Get the mail of the requester and send a notification.
```Java
requester = executionContext.getVariable("requester");
user = serviceLocator.getUserService().findUserByUserName(requester);
serviceLocator.getMailService().sendTextMail(
user.emailAddress,
"Resquest Rejected",
"XXXXXXXXXXXXX");
```
### Outgoing transitions
The Outcoming transition tab displays the next steps where the flow can go from the current step. When you create a process from a template or from scratch default outcoming transitions are defined. It is allowed to customize the default setup, add new transitions, or delete transitions.
- **From**: current step.
- **Incoming transition**: name of the transition.
- **To**: the next step, where the flow goes.
- **Action**: allows creating a custom script to perform specific actions.
When you create an outcoming transition, Soffid creates the proper incoming transition.
##### Example
```Java
requester = executionContext.getVariable("requester");
user = serviceLocator.getUserService().findUserByUserName(requester);
.....
```