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# The Routed Document Delegate Object

Routed Document Delegates represent users or staff groups that have been delegated to review a report. Report delegation must be enabled for the practice (FaxDelegateModal or ReportQueueDelegate). For group delegation, StaffGroupDelegates must be enabled.

## Object Definition

```json theme={null}
{
  "id": 127362,
  "user": 140750846885891,
  "group": null,
  "created_date": "2025-10-14T12:00:00Z",
  "deleted_date": null
}
```

## Attributes

| Attribute      | Type             | Description                                                                               |
| -------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id`           | integer          | The unique identifier for the delegate assignment (read-only)                             |
| `user`         | integer or null  | ID of the delegated user. Either `user` or `group` will be populated, but not both        |
| `group`        | integer or null  | ID of the delegated staff group. Either `user` or `group` will be populated, but not both |
| `created_date` | datetime         | The timestamp when the delegation was created (read-only)                                 |
| `deleted_date` | datetime or null | The timestamp when the delegation was soft-deleted (read-only)                            |

## Usage Notes

* When creating a delegate, provide exactly one of `user` (user ID) or `group` (staff group ID)
* Both `user` and `group` cannot be set simultaneously
* The `routed_document_delegates` field appears as a read-only array in the Report object
* Delegate IDs can be found in the `routed_document_delegates` array on a Report and are used when removing delegates