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# Advanced Approvals Personas and Permissions

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

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions where Advanced Approvals is enabled</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

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          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d181832e75">approvals Persona</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d181832e78">What Personas CAN do</th>
          <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d181832e81">permission name</th>
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          <td data-label="approvals Persona" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e75 ">Approval Designer</td>

          <td data-label="What Personas CAN do" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e78 ">Design and activate approval workflows.</td>

          <td data-label="permission name" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e81 ">
            <ul>
              <li>Manage Flow</li>

              <li>Approval Designer</li>

              <li>Read on Approval Submission</li>

            </ul>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="approvals Persona" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e75 ">Approval Submitter</td>

          <td data-label="What Personas CAN do" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e78 ">Initiate submissions and submit or recall them for approval.</td>

          <td data-label="permission name" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e81 ">
            <ul>
              <li>Run Flows</li>

              <li>Read on Approval Submission</li>

            </ul>
          </td>

        </tr>
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          <td data-label="approvals Persona" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e75 ">Approval Reviewer</td>

          <td data-label="What Personas CAN do" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e78 ">Receive notifications and review approval work items. A reviewer can be a user,
            group, or queue.</td>

          <td data-label="permission name" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e81 ">
            <ul>
              <li>Run Flows</li>

              <li>Read on Approval Submission</li>

            </ul>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="approvals Persona" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e75 ">Approval Delegate</td>

          <td data-label="What Personas CAN do" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e78 ">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.</td>

          <td data-label="permission name" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e81 ">
            <ul>
              <li>Run Flows</li>

              <li>Read on Approval Submission</li>

            </ul>
          </td>

        </tr>
        <tr class="">
          <td data-label="approvals Persona" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e75 ">Approval Administrator</td>

          <td data-label="What Personas CAN do" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e78 ">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.</td>

          <td data-label="permission name" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d181832e81 ">
            <ul>
              <li>Run Flows</li>

              <li>Approval Admin</li>

              <li>Read on Approval Submission</li>

            </ul>
          </td>

        </tr>
      </tbody>
    </table>