Grant access to objects in the Home area

Last update: October 22, 2024

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  • User

Users can request access to objects within Adobe Workfront.

For more information about requesting access, see Request access to objects.

If you are the owner of an object, you can grant or deny access to items from your Home area.

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:

Adobe Workfront planAny
Adobe Workfront license*

New: Standard

Current: Work or higher

Access level configurationsView access or higher to projects, tasks, issues, or documents
Object permissionsView permissions or higher to projects, tasks, issues, or documents

*For more information, see Access requirements in Workfront documentation.

Grant access to objects in the Home area

  1. Click the Main menu in the upper-right corner of the screen, or the Main menu in the upper-left corner, if available, then click Home
    Or
    Click the Home icon in the upper-left corner of Adobe Workfront.

    NOTE
    Your Workfront administrator might make the following changes to the Home icon in your environment:
    • Replace it with an image customized to illustrate your organization. In this case, the icon will look different that shown in this article.
    • Replace the page linked to it with a different page. In this case, click the Main Menu in the upper-right corner of the page, then click Home.

  2. Do the following:

    1. Go to the My Approvals widget and find the request for more access, then click Grant access.

    2. (Optional) To grant a different level of access than requested, click the drop-down menu to the left of Grant access button and select the new access, then click Grant access.

      The access request is granted and it disappears from the list of approval requests.

  3. (Optional) Click Ignore to deny access. The access request is not granted and the request disappears from the list of approval requests.

Configure Email Notifications for access requests

You can configure whether you receive email notifications for access requests. Your Workfront administrator can disable this functionality (as described in Configure event notifications for everyone in the system).

  1. Go to your user profile by doing one of the following:

    • Click the Main menu in the upper-right corner of the screen, then click your name.
    • Click the Adobe Main menu in the upper-right corner, if available, then click Workfront Profile.

  2. Click the More menu to the right of your name in the header, then click Edit.

  3. Click Notifications, and select or deselect Someone requests access from me in the Action Needed section, depending on whether you want to receive email notifications when another user requests access from you or not.

    You can enable a daily or instant notification.

  4. Click Save Changes.

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