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Update project owners and sponsors

Last update: Wed Nov 08 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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When you create a project in Adobe Workfront, you are automatically set as the Project Owner of the project. You can update this field with another user. You can also update the Project Sponsor field of a project.

For information about projects owners and sponsors, see Overview of project owners and sponsors.

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You can identify an owner and a sponsor for a template. When you create a project from that template, the Template Owner becomes the Project Owner and the Template Sponsor becomes the Project Sponsor.
If the template does not have an Owner, the user who creates the project from the teamplate becomes the Project Owner.
For information about editing templates, see Edit project templates.

Access requirements

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

Adobe Workfront plan*
Any
Adobe Workfront license*
Plan
Access level configurations*

Edit access to Projects

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.

Object permissions

Edit permissions to a project

For information on requesting additional access, see Request access to objects.

*To find out what plan, license type, or access you have, contact your Workfront administrator.

Update the Project Owner of a project

When you add a user as the Project Owner of a project, Workfront automatically gives them permissions to view the project.

  1. Go to the project you want to update.

  2. Click Project Details in the left panel.

  3. Click the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the Project Details area, then click Overview.

  4. Specify the name of a user for the Project Owner field.

    Only active users can be specified as Project Owners.

  5. Click Save Changes.

    The Project Owner updates in the project header and in the Project Details area.

Update the Project Sponsor of a project

When you add a user as the Project Sponsor of a project, Workfront automatically gives them permissions to view the project.

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If the user you add as a Project Sponsor is a System Administrator, they are not added to the Sharing list of the project.

  1. Go to the Project you want to update.

  2. Click Project Details in the left panel.

  3. Click the Edit icon in the upper-right corner of the Project Details area, then click Overview.

  4. Specify the name of a user for the Project Sponsor field.

    Only active users can be specified as Project Sponsors.

  5. Click Save Changes.

    The Project Sponsor updates in the Project Details area.

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