Share and request access to Inbox items of a user

Last update: March 5, 2025

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A queue is a list of items in AEM Inbox of a user. These can be items assigned to a user or items shared to the group a user is a member of. You can access your Inbox to view and take action on the Inbox item. For example, share an item with another user.

You can also share your Inbox items with another user. Once another user has access to your Inbox items, the user can claim and take appropriate action on shared items. Similarly, you can request access to Inbox items from other users.

Pre-requisites

The logged-in user must be a member of the workflow-users group. The user can share items or request access to items only from the users the logged-in user have read permissions on or only from the users who have enabled pubic profile.

Share a single or all the items of your inbox with another user

AEM Inbox lets you share a single or all the items in your inbox with another user.

Share all the inbox items

Perform the following steps to share all the items in an inbox with another user:

  1. Log in to your AEM instance. Select the Inbox icon and select View All. A list of your inbox items appear.
  2. Select the View Selector or View Selector icon next to the Create button and select Settings. The settings dialog appears.
  3. Open the Share tab on the settings dialog.
  4. Enter the name of a user in the Grant access of your Inbox items text box and select Grant. Repeat the step to add more users. All the users with access to your items appear under the Username section.
  5. Select Save.
NOTE
(For Forms-centric workflow items only) Enable the Allow assignee to share via Inbox sharing option of the Assign task step in the workflow. Only items which have the aforementioned option enabled are displayed to other users.

Share individual items

Perform the following steps to share an Inbox item with another user:

  1. Log in to your AEM instance. Select the Inbox icon and select View All. A list of your inbox items appear.
  2. Select an item and select Share. A dialog box appears.
  3. Enter the name of a user in the Add users to share this item text box and select Add. Repeat the step to add more users. All the users with access to your items appear under the Username section.
  4. Select Save.
NOTE
(For Forms-centric workflow items only) Enable the Allow assignee to share explicitly in Inbox option of the Assign task step in the workflow. Only items which have the aforementioned option enabled are displayed to other users.

Request access to Inbox items

You can request access to the Inbox items of another user. Once the access is granted, you can view, claim, and take appropriate actions on shared items. Perform the following steps to request access to Inbox items of another user:

  1. Log in to your AEM instance. Select the View Selector icon and select View All.
  2. Select the View Selector or View Selector icon next to the Create button and select Settings. The settings dialog appears.
  3. Enter the name of a user in the Request access to Inbox items of the user text box and select Request. A request is sent to the user and the status of the request is displayed against the name of the user. Repeat the step to add more users.
  4. Select Save. The request is sent as an Inbox item to the users. The user can select the item and select Approve or Reject to grant or reject the access.