Actions allowed for group administrators

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

Lock and unlock project, task, and issue preferences

Configure project, task, and issue preferences

Lock and unlock timesheet and hour preferences

Configure timesheet and hour preferences

Configure event notification emails  

Create and manage custom forms

✓** ✓**

Create and manage layout templates

Create and manage approval processes

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
Log in as someone else
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.

The following activities are only available to group and subgroup administrators when their organizations are on the Prime or Ultimate plan. These specific activities may also be called “advanced enterprise controls.” See the Adobe Workfront pricing and packaging page for more information about plans. (For organizations using the legacy plans, the table above shows the activities for group and subgroup administrators.)

  • Configure project, task, and issue preferences
  • Configure timesheet and hour preferences
  • Configure event notification emails
  • Create and manage approval processes
  • Create and manage subgroups

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