Set User Roles for Scheduled Jobs in Optimizely

You can assign a principal with roles to a scheduled job using an extension method:

Extension Method

public static class ScheduledJobBaseExtensions
{
    private static Injected<IPrincipalAccessor> _principalAccessor;

    /// Sets the principal for the job, including name and roles.
    public static void SetPrincipal(this ScheduledJobBase job, string name = null, IEnumerable<string> roles = null)
    {
        name ??= job.GetType().Name;
        var claims = new List<Claim> { new Claim(ClaimTypes.Name, name) };
        if (roles != null)
            claims.AddRange(roles.Select(role => new Claim(ClaimTypes.Role, role)));

        _principalAccessor.Service.Principal = new ClaimsPrincipal(new ClaimsIdentity(claims));
    }
}

Usage in a job

this.SetPrincipal(roles: new[] { "Administrators" });

• This ensures scheduled jobs run with the correct user identity and roles.
• Useful for jobs that require role-based permissions.