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)
Enroll members in the new Adobe Workfront experience ✓ ✓ ✓
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.

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