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      What do the permissions in OpenProcess Groups control?

      Within the Settings > Groups area of OpenProcess there are several permissions that can be associated with a group and thus with a user or users.  

       

      These are: 

      Permission Name 

       

      What does it permit? 

       

      User administration 

       

      One to be able to create/modify users 

       

      Organisation administration 

       

      One to be able to create/modify organisations 

       

      Group administration 

       

      One to be able to create/modify groups 

       

      Process definition administration 

       

      One to be able to create/modify processes 

       

      Start a process 

       

      One to be able to adhoc kick off a process 

       

      Work on a step 

       

      One to be able to complete tasks assigned to them 

       

      Read attributes via stamp 

       

      Not relevant for users 

       

      Subject access 

       

      Not relevant for users 

       

      Step administrator 

       

      One to be able to oversee tasks for any step in a process assigned to a group with this permission 

       

      Access reporting 

       

      One to access reporting for OpenProcess if the organisation is licensed for reporting 

       

      Process read 

       

      Not relevant for users 

       

      Service area administration 

       

      One to be able to create/modify service areas 

       

      Document type administration 

       

      One to be able to create/modify document types 

       

      View document backlog 

       

      One to be able to view the items imported automatically into the ‘Document backlog’. The user would need the ‘Start a process’ permission too if they were to need to kick off processes based upon an item imported automatically.