diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RecordsAPI.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RecordsAPI.java
index 2888a70adf..ca51c60200 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RecordsAPI.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/v0/RecordsAPI.java
@@ -345,4 +345,30 @@ public class RecordsAPI extends BaseAPI
         return new Pair<>(false, String.valueOf(response.getJSONObject("status").getInt("code")));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Hide in place record
+     *
+     * @param user         the user
+     * @param password     the user's password
+     * @param nodeId     the in place record node id
+     * @return true if the action was successful
+     */
+    public boolean hideRecord(String user, String password, String nodeId)
+    {
+        String docNodeRef = getNodeRefSpacesStore() + nodeId;
+
+        try
+        {
+            JSONObject requestParams = new JSONObject();
+            requestParams.put("actionedUponNode", docNodeRef);
+            requestParams.put("actionDefinitionName", "hide-record");
+
+            return doPostJsonRequest(user, password, requestParams, ACTIONS_API);
+        } catch (JSONException error)
+        {
+            LOGGER.error("Unable to extract response parameter", error);
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
index 43178fdb4d..de96716f21 100644
--- a/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
+++ b/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/src/test/java/org/alfresco/rest/rm/community/base/BaseRMRestTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
+import javafx.util.Pair;
 import org.alfresco.dataprep.ContentService;
 import org.alfresco.rest.RestTest;
 import org.alfresco.rest.core.RestAPIFactory;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RMSiteAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordCategoryAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordFolderAPI;
 import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.requests.gscore.api.RecordsAPI;
+import org.alfresco.rest.rm.community.util.ParameterCheck;
 import org.alfresco.rest.search.RestRequestQueryModel;
 import org.alfresco.rest.search.SearchNodeModel;
 import org.alfresco.rest.search.SearchRequest;
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ import org.alfresco.utility.model.ContentModel;
 import org.alfresco.utility.model.FolderModel;
 import org.alfresco.utility.model.SiteModel;
 import org.alfresco.utility.model.UserModel;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
@@ -615,6 +618,22 @@ public class BaseRMRestTest extends RestTest
         }
         return names;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Helper method to get the error response code and message from the provided setClassificationResponse
+     *
+     * @param setClassificationResponse
+     * @return a pair of <code, message> representing the code and message from the response
+     */
+    public Pair<Integer,String> parseErrorResponse(JSONObject setClassificationResponse)
+    {
+        ParameterCheck.mandatoryObject("setClassificationResponse", setClassificationResponse);
+
+        String message = setClassificationResponse.getString("message");
+        String code = setClassificationResponse.getJSONObject("status").get("code").toString();
+
+        return new Pair<>(Integer.valueOf(code), message);
+    }
 
     /**
      * Helper method to return site document library content model