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### Execute Microflow

* `executeMicroflowAsUser` – This runs the given microflow as if the `$currentuser` is the provided user (delegation).
* `executeMicroflowAsUser_1` – This is identical to `executeMicroflowAsUser` , except that it accepts one arguement.
* `executeMicroflowAsUser`_2 – This is identical to `executeMicroflowAsUser` , except that it accepts two arguement.
* `executeMicroflowAsUser_1` – This is identical to `executeMicroflowAsUser` , except that it accepts one argument.
* `executeMicroflowAsUser`_2 – This is identical to `executeMicroflowAsUser` , except that it accepts two argument.
* `executeMicroflowInBackground` – This is similar to `RunMicroflowAsyncInQueue`, but it accepts one argument as parameter.
* `executeMicroflowInBatches` – This performs a batch operation on a large dataset by invoking the microflow on small sub-sets of the data, each with its own database transaction.
* `executeUnverifiedMicroflowAsUser` – This runs the given microflow as if the `$currentuser` is the provided user (delegation). Use `sudoContext` to determine if 'apply entity access' should be used.
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### ORM

* <a id="clone"></a>`Clone` – This clones the objects.
* `commitInSeparateDatabaseTransaction` – This function commits an object in a seperate context and transaction, making sure it gets persisted in the database (regarding which exception happens after invocation).
* `commitInSeparateDatabaseTransaction` – This function commits an object in a separate context and transaction, making sure it gets persisted in the database (regarding which exception happens after invocation).

{{% alert color="warning" %}}This action is prone to deadlock. For example, this can happen if you commit an object in one transaction and then use this action to commit the same object in a separate transaction. Therefore Mendix does not recommend the use of this action.{{% /alert %}}

* `commitWithoutEvents` – This commits an object but without events.
* `copyAttributes` – This copies all common primitive attributes from source to target, which are not necessarily of the same type. This is useful to, for example, translate database object into view objects.
* <a id="deepclone"></a>`DeepClone` – This clones the objects, their associations, and their referred objects. For more information, see the [Limitations](#limitations) section below.
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