Actions allowed for group administrators

Last update: Fri Oct 17 2025 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Admin

This table lists the administration activities available for:

An Adobe Workfront administrator managing the Workfront system (for comparisons)
A group administrator managing a top-level group
A group administrator managing a subgroup

Workfront administrator

Group administrator (actions are limited to the groups the administrator manages)

Subgroup administrator (actions are limited to the groups the administrator manages)

Reset a user's password

✓

Create and edit user profiles

✓

✓*

Create and manage subgroups

✓

✓***

Configure project, task, and issue preferences at the system level

✓

Activate and deactivate project, task, and issue preferences for groups and subgroups

✓***

Configure timesheet and hour preferences at the system level

✓

Activate and deactivate timesheet and hour preferences for groups and subgroups

✓***

Configure event notification emails at the system level

✓

Activate and deactivate event notification emails for groups and subgroups

✓***

Create and manage custom forms

✓

✓**

Create and manage layout templates

✓

Create and manage approval processes for a group

✓***

Create and manage teams

✓

Create and manage exchange rates

✓

✓**

Create and manage hour types

✓

✓**

Create and manage milestone paths

✓

✓**

Create and manage schedules

✓

Create and manage companies

✓

Create and manage timesheet profiles

✓

Create single-use timesheets

✓

✓**

Create and manage job roles

✓

Create and manage priorities, severities, conditions

✓

Create and manage risk types

✓

Create and manage statuses

✓

View and restore deleted items

✓

View and manage restored items

✓

View the current license allocation

✓

Assign maximum number of licenses

✓***

View audit logs

✓

Import and export data using Kick-Starts

✓

* In the group administrator’s access level, Edit must be selected for the Users setting, with User Admin (Group Users) selected under Fine-tune your settings . For more information, see the section Configure users’ access to edit users using a custom access level in the article Grant access to users.

** In the group administrator’s access level, access to this action must be enabled. For more information, see Grant users administrative access to certain areas.

*** These packages include the Advanced Enterprise Controls features listed below:

Workflow Prime and higher
Workfront Prime and higher

See the Adobe Workfront pricing and packaging page for more information about packages.

Advanced Enterprise Controls:

Configure project, task, and issue preferences at the group level
Configure timesheet and hour preferences at the group level
Configure event notification emails at the group level
Create and manage group-specific approval processes
Allocate license limits and view their utilization by Home group
Assign group administrators on subgroups
Allow group administrators to create subgroups

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