Why should I create user roles at the project level?

As the Organization Administrator, user roles are an important way for you to manage who can access what in Aconex.

Organization level and project level - what's the difference?

You can create or modify two different types of user roles: 

  • organization level, and
  • project level.

Organization-level user roles are how you will manage most of your organization's permissions in Aconex. When you make a change to an organization-level user role, it applies to every project your team is working on.

If you need to change a user’s permissions for one specific project, create a user role at the project level. Project-level user role settings will override any organization-level settings. But just for the specific project.

What settings can I change at the project level?

Unless you've been restricted by the Project Administrator, you can change the following settings:

Administration

  • Edit role secured asset settings
  • Edit user role settings

Viewer

  • Mark up files using viewer

Documents

General

  • Create a transmittal
  • Mark documents as No longer in use
  • Restore historical document to current version
  • Run auto-update transmitted documents
  • Supersede a document
  • Upload new documents

Bulk processing

  • Bulk process

Searches

  • Search document register

Mail

General

  • Create mail
  • View organization’s project mail

Mail approvals

  • Can be made a mail approver

Workflows

  • Create/edit a workflow template
  • Initiate a workflow
  • Workflow administrator

Projects

  • Configure Access Control
  • Edit project settings

How do I create a project-level user role?

Follow these instructions to create a project-specific user role.