Use the table below as a reference for what you can do with automated workflows depending on your permission level.
Owner | Admin | Editor | Viewer | |
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Create workflows with others as the recipient | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Not Included | Viewer Not Included |
Create alert-type workflows with yourself as the recipient | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Included | Viewer Included |
Edit existing workflows that others have created | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Not Included | Viewer Not Included |
Edit existing workflows that you've created | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Included | Viewer Included |
Delete workflows that others have created | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Not Included | Viewer Not Included |
Delete workflows that you've created | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Included | Viewer Included |
Permissions to create and receive approval requests
Use the following table as a reference for what you can do with approval requests for yourself and others based on sheet sharing permissions.
Owner | Admin | Editor | Commenter | Viewer | Not Shared | |
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Create approval request rules | Owner Included | Admin Included* | Editor Not Included | Commenter Not Included | Viewer Not Included | Not Shared Not Included |
Edit approval request rules | Owner Included | Admin Included* | Editor Not Included | Commenter Not Included | Viewer Not Included | Not Shared Not Included |
Receive and take action on approval requests | Owner Included | Admin Included | Editor Included | Commenter Included | Viewer Included | Not Shared Included* |
*You may need to adjust an additional setting to allow anyone with a valid email address to receive approval requests.
By default, only users with access to the sheet (collaborators) can receive notifications. If you want to send notifications to anyone with a valid email address on a sheet-level or plan-level, see the following help articles:
- Sheet-level: Control Who Can Receive Notifications
- Plan-level: Global Account Settings