Advanced Approvals Personas and Permissions

Explore the different types of users who work with Advanced Approvals and the permissions they need.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Unlimited, and Developer Editions where Advanced Approvals is enabled

To begin, create users for Advanced Approvals. Each user must be assigned a profile, which defines their default settings. Grant specific access by assigning the appropriate permissions. A user can have many permissions.

approvals Persona What Personas CAN do permission name
Approval Designer Design and activate approval workflows.
  • Manage Flow
  • Approval Designer
  • Read on Approval Submission
Approval Submitter Initiate submissions and submit or recall them for approval.
  • Run Flows
  • Read on Approval Submission
Approval Reviewer Receive notifications and review approval work items. A reviewer can be a user, group, or queue.
  • Run Flows
  • Read on Approval Submission
Approval Delegate Review and act on approval work items on behalf of the original reviewer during an active delegation period. Delegates receive email notifications for assigned work items.
  • Run Flows
  • Read on Approval Submission
Approval Administrator Manage organization-wide settings and modify, recall, or cancel submissions and review or override any work item. An approval admin also has access to work item conditions and criteria.
  • Run Flows
  • Approval Admin
  • Read on Approval Submission