Identify user rights
The following table lists user rights - what different user types can do in Nintex Process Manager with the Process and Document Approval Add-on disabled. For user rights with the Process and Document Approval Add-on enabled see Identify user rights with Process Approval enabled. Only one type of privilege can be assigned to a user.
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| * | dependent on configuration settings | # | For the Process Modeling add-on, your Promaster A Nintex Process Manager system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. must enable process modeling and give process model access to your role. | 
                                                             
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                                                        Restrict process creation to only PMs, BAs and PCs: OFF | 
                                                             
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                                                        Restrict process creation to only PMs, BAs and PCs: ON | 
                                                             
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                                                        Allow all process editors to edit systems, Enable ALL editors to access Roles Manager, Enable ALL users to edit glossary: ON | 
                                                             
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                                                        Allow all process editors to edit systems, Enable ALL editors to access Roles Manager, Enable ALL users to edit glossary: OFF | 
                                                             
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                                                        Cannot add/remove users from roles that have been used in process group permissions. | 
Note: For the Process Modeling add-on, your Promaster A Nintex Process Manager system administrator who administers a Nintex Promapp site and has rights to view and edit all areas of a Nintex Promapp site. must enable process modeling and give process model access to your role. Process modeling rights follow the same user rights as listed in the following table. For more information see Process Modeling.
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| User | Business Analyst | Promaster | Process Owner | Process Expert | Process Group Champion | Process Group Editor | System Owner | |
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| Create Process* # | 
                                                             
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                                                             Edit Process Note: Process editors can use AI Process Generator and Process Capture if these features are licensed and activated on their instance of Process Manager.  | 
                                                        
                                                             
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| View ‘In Progress’ process | 
                                                             
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| Restore historical version | 
                                                             
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| Rename process | 
                                                             
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| Move process to another group | 
                                                             
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| Archive process | 
                                                             
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| Restore from archive | 
                                                             
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| Delete process | 
                                                             
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| Create process group | 
                                                             
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| Edit group overview | 
                                                             
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| Reorder processes within the Group (via Manage Groups) | 
                                                             
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| Add permissions | 
                                                             
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| Run reports | 
                                                             
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| Request glossary terms | 
                                                             
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| Provide feedback | 
                                                             
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| Add/edit tags | 
                                                             
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| Embed a process from donor site into new instance (config) | 
                                                             
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