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# Manually running a federation task

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Federation tasks can only be manually run by a Registry Administrator.
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**Note:** Federation tasks can be run manually even if their 'Frequency' is not set to 'Manually'.

1. Select 'Administrator tools' from the dashboard side panel.

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2. Select 'Manage Federation Configurations'.

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3. Select the registry that you wish to run a federation configuration for.

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4. Select the configuration you wish to run.

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**Notes:**

* Configurations can also be edited or deleted from the above screen by selecting 'Edit' or 'Delete' respectively (below)
  * The only parameters of a federation configuration that cannot be edited are the Stewardship Organisation and workgroup that items are federated into.

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5. Select 'Run Task'. Federation will begin immediately.

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6. **If you wish to view the current status of a federation configuration**, select 'Logs'.

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7. The value of the 'Actions' column will change from 'in\_progress' to 'completed\_success' when the task completes. Once the task has completed successfully, the federated items can be found in the specified workgroup.

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**Note:** A configuration's 'Log ID' can be selected to view configuration details in JSON format (below).

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