Workspaces roles
The following workspaces roles are supported by WebSphere Commerce: Workspace Manager, Workspace Task Group Approver and Workspace Content Contributor.
The following table describes each role and the business model each role can work within.
Role Description Business model Workspace Manager The Workspace Manager is responsible for and has authority over the entire workspace. This role performs the following tasks:
- creates workspaces
- create task groups
- creates tasks
- assigns Workspace Content Contributors
- assigns Task Group Approvers
The Site Administrator also has all the authorities of this role
- B2C
- (Enterprise) B2B
- Extended sites
Workspace Task Group Approver The Task Group Approver is responsible for approving the content created by the content contributors for the task group. For example, if the task group involves preparing the text and images for a new product, the product manager can be the Task Group Approver
- B2C
- (Enterprise) B2B
- Extended sites
Workspace Content Contributor The Workspace Content Contributor is responsible for completing tasks assigned by the workspace manager. The following roles also have the authorities of the Workspace Content Contributor:
- Category Manager
- Marketing Manager
- Product Manager
- B2C
- (Enterprise) B2B
- Extended sites
Related concepts
Workspaces overview
Workspaces, task groups, and tasks
Workspace Management tool
Related tasks
Manage roles in workspaces, task groups, and tasks
Related reference
Workspace state flows