Grant a user full administrative access

IMPORTANT
The procedure described on this page applies only to organizations that have not yet been onboarded to the Admin Console. If your organization has been onboarded to the Adobe Admin Console, you must perform this action through the Adobe Admin Console.
For instructions on granting full administrator access in the Adobe Admin Console, see Manage system administrators in the Adobe Admin Console.
For a list of procedures that differ based on whether your organization has been onboarded to the Adobe Admin Console, see Platform-based administration differences (Adobe Workfront/Adobe Business Platform).

As an Adobe Workfront administrator, you can create another Workfront administrator by assigning them the System Administrator access level. A user with this access level has full administrative access to everything in Workfront, including items they did not create themselves.

NOTE
This is different from using an access level to grant users administrative access to certain areas of the system. For more information, see the following:

Access requirements

Expand to view access requirements for the functionality in this article.

You must have the following access to perform the steps in this article:

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Adobe Workfront license Plan
Access level configurations

You must be a Workfront administrator. For more information, see Grant a user full administrative access.

NOTE: If you still don't have access, ask your Workfront administrator if they set additional restrictions in your access level. For information on how a Workfront administrator can modify your access level, see Create or modify custom access levels.

Grant full System Administrator access to a single user

  1. Click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-right corner of Adobe Workfront, or (if available), click the Main Menu icon Main Menu in the upper-left corner, then click Users Users icon .

  2. Click the name of the user to whom you want to grant administrator rights.

  3. Click the More menu , then click Edit.

  4. On the Edit Person box that appears, click Access.

  5. In the access level drop-down list, select the System Administrator access level.

    Depending on changes made in your system, the name of this access level might have changed.

  6. Click Save Changes.

    The user now has full System Administrator rights in the system.

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The two tables below show the difference between the access rights of a user with a Workfront administrator access level versus those of a user with a Plan license with some administrative rights.

Workfront administrators can view all the objects in the system (regardless of who created them), create new ones, and modify or delete existing ones. They have full access to all objects in the system.

Users with a Plan license who can edit functionality in one area have full access to the functionality in that area.

NOTE
Users with a Plan license who are designated as group administrators can perform some of the actions allowed for Workfront administrators. They are allowed to perform these actions only for the groups they administer, their subgroups, and the users in these groups and subgroups. For more information, see Group administrators.

Access to the Setup area access-to-the-setup-area

Area/object
Workfront administrator
User with a Plan license and some administrative rights
Project Preferences: Projects
Full access
No access
Project Preferences: Tasks & Issues
Full access
No access
Project Preferences: Statuses
Full access
No access
Project Preferences: Priorities
Full access
No access
Project Preferences: Severities
Full access
No access
Project Preferences: Exchange Rates
Full access
Full access
Processes: Approvals
Full access
Full access
Processes: Milestone Paths
Full access
Full access
Custom Forms
Full access

Manage custom forms they created or custom forms shared with them.

Attach custom forms they created or custom forms shared with them to objects they have manage or contribute permissions to.

Recycle Bin: Recently Deleted
Full access
Users who are group administrators can restore projects assigned to Groups they manage, and tasks, issues, or documents associated with those projects.
Recycle Bin: Recently Restored
Full access
Users who are group administrators can see the items they have recently restored.
Job Roles
Full access

Modify but not delete existing job roles.

Add new job roles.

Teams
Full access

No access to create Teams.

Add existing teams to users when creating or editing users.

Groups
Full access

No access to create Groups.

Only group administrators can manage group membership, subgroups, and group-level statuses for the groups they manage.

Companies
Full access
Full access
Log in As
Full access
If their group administrative access is enabled on their access level and they are designated as a group administrator, they can log in as the users in the group they administer and their subgroups. They cannot log in as a System Administrator.
For more information about enabling group administrative access for users, see Grant access to users.
Schedules
Full access

No access to edit Schedules.

Access to add existing schedules to other users, at the user level.

Timesheet & Hours: Timesheet Profiles
Full access

Access to assign existing Timesheet Profiles to users, at the user level.

Users who are group administrators can create Timesheet Profiles for the groups they administer and their subgroups.

Timesheet & Hours: Hour Types
Full access
Access to assign Hour Types to users, at the user level.
Timesheet & Hours: Preferences
Full access
No access
Email: Notifications: Event Notifications
Activate/ Deactivate all
No access
Email: Notifications: Reminder Notifications
Full access
Full access
Email: Notifications: Email Templates
Full access

No access to edit Email Templates.

Access to add existing Email Templates to Reminder Notifications.

Email: Automatic Reminders
Full access
No access
Email: Invitations
Full access

No access to edit Email Invitations.

Access to resend email invitations to unregistered users only from the People tab.

Email: Setup
Full access
No access
Scorecards
Full access
Full access
Expense Types
Full access
No access
Risk Types
Full access
No access
Access Levels

Full access to modify all access levels.

The System Administrator and External User access levels cannot be modified, by default.

No access to edit Access Levels.

Assign an access level to other users which is lower or equal to theirs at the user level.

Interface: Layout Templates
Full access

Access to assign existing Layout Templates to other users, at the user level.

Users designated as group administrators can create Layout Templates for groups and subgroups they manage.

Interface: Update Feeds
Full access

No access to modify Update Feeds.

Access to add fields to be tracked in the Update Feeds when editing Custom Forms.

Interface: Filters
Full access

No access to create Filters in the Setup area.

Access to create new filters in a list of objects.

Interface: Views
Full access

No access to create Views in the Setup area.

Access to create new views in a list of objects.

Interface: Groupings
Full access

No access to create Groupings in the Setup area.

Access to create new groupings in a list of objects.

Interface: List Controls
Full access
No access
Documents: Cloud Providers
Full access

No access to configure Cloud Providers.

Access to link documents to and from Cloud Providers from the Documents tab, after the Cloud Providers have been integrated with Workfront.

Documents: Metadata Mapping
Full access
No access
Documents: SharePoint Integration
Full access

No access to configure a SharePoint integration.

Access to link documents to and from SharePoint from the Documents tab, after the SharePoint integration with Workfront has been configured.

Documents: Custom Integration
Full access

No access to configure a Custom Integration.

Access to link documents to and from third-party providers from the Documents tab, after the third-party providers have been integrated with Workfront.

System: Branding
Full access
No access
System: Customer Info
Full access
No access
System: Single Sign-On (SSO)
Full access
No access
System: Update Users for SSO
Full access
No access
System: Kick-Starts
Full access
No access
System: Diagnostics
Full access
No access
System: Preferences
Full access
No access

Access to objects access-to-objects

Area/object
Workfront administrator
User with a Plan license and some administrative rights
Calendars
Full access
Manage calendars they create and calendars shared with them.
Dashboards
Full access
Manage dashboards they create and dashboards shared with them.
Documents
Full access
Manage documents they upload or documents shared with them.
Issues
Full access
Manage issues they create or issues shared with them.
Portfolios
Full access
Manage portfolios they create or portfolios shared with them.
Programs
Full access
Manage programs they create or programs shared with them.
Project
Full access
Manage projects they create or projects shared with them.
Reports
Full access
Manage reports they create or reports shared with them. View, copy and edit system reports.
Tasks
Full access
Manage tasks they create or tasks shared with the
Templates
Full access
Manage templates they create or templates shared with them
Timesheets
Full access
Full access
Users
Full access

Limited access

They cannot assign groups to users for which they are not a group administrator or groups that are not public.

They cannot assign an access level to users which is higher then their own access level.

If their group administrative access is enabled on their access level and they are designated as a group administrator on a group, they can reset the password of and log in as the users in the group they administer and their subgroups. They cannot reset the password of or log in as a System Administrator.
For more information about enabling group administrative access for users, see Grant access to users.

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