Prevent local address objects from being overwritten

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Hi

We have a Fortigate that is managed by Fortimanager. We want to block the large number of random IPs that are attempting to login to our SSL VPN.

I have created an automation stitch to dynamically create address objects and put these in to an address group, which is then referenced in the local-in policy. The local-in policy is created on Fortimanager because if it was create locally on the Fortigate, it would get overwritten. 

I now have a similar issue with the address objects and group created by the automation stitch. Each time I install policy, it overwrites the group and removes the address objects, since these don't exist on Fortimanager. 

So, is it possible to prevent local address objects from getting overwritten by Fortimanager? If so, how do I do this?

Thanks
Roy