Functionality available for each object type for new access levels
Last update: Wed Feb 28 2024 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
The highlighted information on this page refers to functionality not yet generally available. It is available only in the Preview Sandbox environment.
The following tables lists the functionality available for each object type in the various access levels.
It also indicates which actions Workfront administrators can disable or enable using an access level.
Projects
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Add an approval process
✓
Give updates/comments
✓
✓
Add/edit a business case
✓
Recalculate finance/timeline
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Tasks
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Edit a task (excluding status)
✓
Create an approval process
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Issues
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Attach custom forms
✓
✓
✓
Add an approval process
✓
✓
✓
Convert an issue to a project
✓
Convert an issue to a to task
✓
Add updates and comments
✓
✓
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Portfolios
Only users with a Standard license can have full access to portfolios.
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Add and remove projects
✓
Add updates and comments
✓
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Programs
Only users with a Standard license can have full access to programs.
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Add and remove projects
✓
Add Add updates and comments
✓
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Reports, dashboards, and calendars
Users with a Standard license can have full access to reports. All other Access Levels have View access to reports.
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Share calendars and reports publicly
✓*
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Contributors can only view reports that have been shared with them.
Filters, views, and groupings
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Share system-wide
✓*
✓*
✓*
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Documents
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Delete (documents and folders)
✓*
✓*
✓*
Share publicly (externally)
✓*
Approve documents
✓
✓
✓
✓
Attach custom forms
✓
✓
✓
Send to (integration)
✓
✓
✓
Add updates and comments
✓
✓
✓
Link (with integration)
✓
✓
✓
Unlink (with integration)
✓
✓
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Users
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user**
Edit, delete, deactivate, log in as, or reset the password for any user
✓*
Edit, delete, deactivate, log in as, or reset the password for any user in a group they administer
✓*
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
**External users can only search for other users.
Teams
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user*
Edit teams in groups they manage
✓*
View teams associated with their groups
✓
✓
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Templates
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Financial data
Only users with a Standard license can have full access to financial data.
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Edit role billing and cost rates
✓*
Edit user billing and cost rates
✓*
View role billing and cost rates
✓*
View user billing and cost rates
✓*
View financial data
✓*
✓*
View information by Cost in the Resource Planning tools
✓
Budget Resources in the Resource Planning tools**
✓
View resource allocation in the Resource Planning tools*
✓
✓
Create risks on projects
✓
View risks on projects
✓
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
Resource Management
Only users with a Standard license can have full access to resource management. Other license types can have limited or no access to Resource Management in Workfront.
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Edit priorities and budget hours in the Planner
✓*
Create, edit, delete Resource Pools**
✓*
Update Planned Hours in the Workload Balancer***
✓*
View project priorities in the Resource Planner
✓*
View resource allocation in the Resource Planning tools
✓*
✓*
View Resource Pools
✓*
✓*
Budget resources in the Resource Planning tools**
✓
Attach Resource Pools to projects, templates, and users
✓
* Using an access level, Workfront administrators can disable or enable this functionality.
**Requires additional access to Financial Data and permissions to project finances. If you grant Resource Management access to a Planner user who doesn’t have access to Financial Data, the user can still see the hourly allocations in the Resource Planner, but can’t switch to Cost view or view the Business Case. For more information, see Grant access to financial data and Share financial permissions on an object.
***Requires permission to Contribute to the object, with Make Assignments enabled under Advanced Settings. For information, see the section Understand inherited permissions and the hierarchy of objects in the article Overview of sharing permissions on objects.
Scenario Planner area
Action
Standard
Light
Contributor
External user
Create/edit existing plans and initiatives
✓
✓
Add or edit job role information on plans and initiatives*
✓
✓
Add or edit cost information on plans and initiatives*
✓
✓
Delete plans and initiatives
✓
✓
View Scenarios in the Main Menu
✓
✓
View plans and initiatives that the user created*
✓
✓
Users can view a plan that another user created only if a link to the plan is shared with them.
* In order for users to view financial data in a plan or initiative, they need access to Financial Data. For more information, see Grant access to financial data.
Workfront Goals area
Edit / delete all goals
✓
View Goals in the Main menu
✓
✓
View the Goals area from a shared link
✓
✓
View all goals in the system
✓
✓
Activate/ deactivate/ close all goals
✓
Create/ edit/ delete activities
✓
Create/ edit/ delete results
✓
Update progress on a result or activity
✓
Own a goal, result, or activity
✓
✓
View the Goal List section in the left panel
✓
✓
View the Graphs section in the left panel
✓
✓
View the Goal Alignment section in the left panel
✓
✓
View the Pulse section in the left panel
✓
✓
View the Check-in area in the left panel
✓
View the Settings area in the left panel
✓
✓
Print a list of goals
✓
✓