Roles & Permissions in OpenProject

The project management assigns the roles and permissions of each user in their project room in OpenProject. The permissions can only be exercised if the associated modules have been activated for the project in question (project configuration).

The following overview shows the permissions of the different roles.

Basic member

  • View work packages

  • Edit work packages

  • Add notes

  • Edit own notes

  • View boards

  • View taskboards

  • View file links

  • View calendar

  • Comment on messages

  • View revisions of the project archive in OpenProject

  • View team planner

  • View wiki

Read only access

  • View work packages

  • Add notes

  • Edit own notes

  • Save views

  • View boards

  • View master backlog

  • View taskboards

  • View meetings

  • View file links

  • View documents

  • View calendar

  • Comment on messages

  • Reading access to project archive (in OpenProject and Checkout)

  • View revisions of the project archive in OpenProject

  • View team planner

  • View wiki

  • List attachments

Members

  • View members

  • View work packages

  • Add work packages

  • Edit work packages

  • Move work packages

  • Add notes

  • Edit own notes

  • Export work packages

  • Manage work package relations

  • Manage work package hierarchies

  • Manage public views

  • Save views

  • View watchers list

  • Add watchers

  • Delete watchers

  • Assign versions

  • Become assignee/responsible

  • View boards

  • Manage boards

  • View master backlog

  • View taskboards

  • View meetings

  • Create meetings

  • Edit meetings

  • Delete meetings

  • Create/edit agendas

  • Close agendas

  • Send notifications for agendas

  • Send meeting agenda as a calendar entry

  • Create/edit protocols

  • Send review notifications for minutes

  • View budgets

  • View file links

  • Manage file links

  • View documents

  • Manage documents

  • Edit messages

  • Delete own messages

  • View calendar

  • Manage messages

  • Comment on messages

  • Reading access to project archive (in OpenProject and Checkout)

  • Read and write access to project archive (Commit)

  • View revisions of the project archive in OpenProject

  • View Commit author statistics

  • View team planner

  • View wiki

  • View spent time

  • View own spent time

  • Log spent time

  • Edit own time logs

  • View own hourly rate

  • View cost rates

  • Book unit costs for oneself

  • Edit own booked unit costs

  • View own booked costs

Project Assistant

  • Edit project

  • Manage members

  • View members

  • Manage versions

  • Select types

  • Manage custom fields

  • Create subprojects

  • Copy projects

  • Manage overview

  • View work packages

  • Add work packages

  • Edit work packages

  • Move work packages

  • Add notes

  • Edit notes

  • Edit own notes

  • Manage work package categories

  • Export work packages

  • Delete work packages

  • Manage work package relations

  • Manage work package hierarchies

  • Manage public views

  • Save views

  • View watchers list

  • Add watchers

  • Delete watchers

  • Assign versions

  • Become assignee/responsible

  • Work packages can be assigned to users and groups in possession of this role in the respective project

  • View boards

  • Manage boards

  • View master backlog

  • View taskboards

  • Select completed statuses

  • Update sprints

  • View meetings

  • Create meetings

  • Edit meetings

  • Delete meetings

  • Invite users to meetings

  • Create/edit agendas

  • Close agendas

  • Send notifications for agendas

  • Send meeting agenda as a calendar entry

  • Create/edit protocols

  • Send review notifications for minutes

  • View budgets

  • Edit budgets

  • View file links

  • Manage file links

  • View documents

  • Manage documents

  • Manage forums

  • Post messages

  • Edit messages

  • Edit own messages

  • Delete messages

  • Delete own messages

  • Show GitHub content

  • View calendar

  • Manage calendar

  • Manage messages

  • Comment on messages

  • Reading access to project archive (in OpenProject and Checkout)

  • View Commit author statistics

  • View team planner

  • Manage team planner

  • View wiki

  • List attachments

  • Manage wiki

  • Manage wiki menu

  • Rename wiki pages

  • Change parent wiki page

  • Delete wiki pages

  • Export wiki Pages

  • View wiki history

  • Edit wiki pages

  • Delete attachments

  • Protect wiki pages

  • View spent time

  • View own spent time

  • Log spent time

  • Edit own time logs

  • Edit time logs

  • Manage project activities (time recording)

  • View own hourly rate

  • View all hourly rates

  • Edit own hourly rates

  • Edit hourly rates

  • View cost rates

  • Book unit costs for oneself

  • Book unit costs

  • Edit own booked unit costs

  • Edit booked unit costs

  • View booked costs

  • View own booked costs

  • Save public cost reports

  • Save private cost reports