Creators of Entities

Starting from v2107+ 'Owner' terminology is changed to 'Creator'.

When an entity is created, its Creator field is populated with a reference to the creator user.

Permissions of Creators

Creators can always edit and delete their own entities, even when their role does not have permissions to modify entities of this type.

More information: Permissions for Access to Work Items.

Creators of Portfolios (Projects) can:

• Change all details of the Project entity;
• Manage the list of People assigned to the Project: assign and unassign users, change their roles;
• Manage the list of Teams assigned to the Project: assign and unassign teams.

Who can change Creators and how

The user in the Creator field can be changed. Administrators can always change creators of entities.

Other users can do it if their portfolio (project) role has the Can change creator permission. Add and edit permissions for the related entity type are also required for these users.

To change Creator for an entity, open its detailed view. In the Info panel, select a new user in the dropdown in the Creator field.

Batch action for change Creator field is also there. On board views with Creator selected as a lane, it is possible to change Creator for your cards with drag and drop action. It is the only supported method to change Creator for multiple entities while Creator option is missing in Batch Actions panel.

Starting from v3.11.5+ it is now possible to edit Creator when it is displayed as a column in Lists.

Creators and notifications

Creator is one of the options for email notifications. By selecting the Creator checkbox, the creator of the entity will receive a notification triggered by a selected event.

It is possible to configure scripts for the automatic subscription of Creators as Followers.

Creators on cards

Creators are displayed on cards with the crown icon on their profile picture. Use the Customize Cards feature to add Creator units to cards in your view.

Units with the full name of entity creator can be enabled within Custom Unit Creator Full Name Mashup.

Creator as a lane

Available in Targetprocess v3.9.3+

We’ve added the possibility to include a Creator lane when setting up a view. This means you can now build views that group entities by the person who created them.

Creators in lanes are filtered by the portfolios (projects) and teams currently selected.

Filters by Creator

General entities can be filtered in views and visual reports by Creator using syntax and properties supported for filtering by User entity. Comments and Attachments can be filtered in views and visual reports by Owner.

It is also possible to filter entities by assigned user: Filters for personal Assignments.