Access to objects and areas by licenses
The highlighted information on this page refers to functionality not yet generally available. It is available only in the Preview Sandbox environment.
The table below tells you the highest level of access (Edit or View) that each of the Adobe Workfront licenses allow for the objects and areas in Workfront.
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View: The user can review and share items.
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Edit: The user can create, edit, delete, and share items.
note note NOTE When another user shares an object, the sharer can specify permissions that limit their ability to edit it. For more information, see Overview of sharing permissions on objects.
* Users with a Contributor license can view only reports, dashboards, and calendars that are shared with them.
** Users with a Light license can only log time at the project level when Edit access is enabled. They cannot create, edit, delete, or share projects. The default access level on Projects for Light users is View.
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Users with a Light license or a Contributor license have limited sharing capabilities. For more information, see Licenses overview.
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External users cannot search for items in Workfront. They can view documents and calendars that are specifically shared with them. They can also see the users that share items with them.
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Contributor users and external users can’t see content that is shared system-wide. It must be shared with them explicitly.
You can find detailed information about what the access levels allow for each object and area in the following articles:
- Grant access to projects
- Grant access to tasks
- Grant access to issues
- Grant access to documents
- Grant access to portfolios
- Grant access to programs
- Grant access to reports, dashboards, and calendars
- Grant access to filters, views, and groupings
- Grant access to users
- Grant access to teams
- Grant access to templates
- Grant access to financial data
- Grant access to Resource Management
- Grant access to Scenario Planner
- Grant access to rate cards
- Grant access to Adobe Workfront Goals