---
title: "discountAutomaticActivate"
description: "Activates an automatic discount"
doc_type: graphql
doc_category: adminGraphQL
doc_version: v20270301
source_url:
  html: 'https://developer.shopline.com/docs/admin-graph-ql-api/discounts-and-marketing/mutations/discount-automatic-activate'
  md: 'https://developer.shopline.com/docs/admin-graph-ql-api/discounts-and-marketing/mutations/discount-automatic-activate.md'
---
# discountAutomaticActivate

Activates an automatic discount

- **Required Scopes:** `write_discounts`
- **API Version:** v20270301
- **API Type:** Admin
- **API Protocol:** GraphQL
- **Operation Type:** Mutation

## Type Signature

`DiscountAutomaticActivatePayload`

## Required Permissions

* `write_discounts`

An access token is required to call this API. Refer to [Authorization](https://developer.shopline.com/docs/apps/api-instructions-for-use/graph-ql-admin-api/overview.md) for more information about how to obtain the token.

## Arguments

* `id`

  [ID!](https://developer.shopline.com/docs/admin-graph-ql-api/common/scalars/id.md)

  The ID of the automatic discount that needs to be activate.

## Returns

* `automaticDiscountNode`

  [DiscountAutomaticNode](https://developer.shopline.com/docs/admin-graph-ql-api/discounts-and-marketing/objects/discount-automatic-node.md)

  The activated automatic discount.

* `userErrors`

  [[DiscountUserError]](https://developer.shopline.com/docs/admin-graph-ql-api/discounts-and-marketing/objects/discount-user-error.md)

  The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.

## Code Example

```graphql
mutation discountAutomaticActivate($id: ID! ) {
	discountAutomaticActivate(id: $id ) 
		 {
			# DiscountAutomaticActivatePayload fields
		}
		
	}

```

## Variables

```json
{
  "id": {}
}
```

## Error Handling

For detailed information about common codes, see [Status and error codes](https://developer.shopline.com/docs/apps/api-instructions-for-use/graph-ql-admin-api/overview.md#status-and-error-codes).