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  • 1.  Project permissions

    Posted 01-29-2026 08:08

    On our account we have multiple admins.  In the past if I created a project the other admins could add themselves .  There doesn't appear to be a way to do this any longer.  Has this changed?  Can we change it back?  I know that I can add each other user manually but this work flow has worked well in the past and we have a large amount of projects I would need to go back and edit.



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    Skyler Shearer
    GPS manager
    Ghilotti Construction Company
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  • 2.  RE: Project permissions
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    Posted 01-29-2026 08:41

    Hi Skyler, 

    There is a recent change to this workflow with the release of the new tier of WorksManager, WorksManager Pro. Check out the published blog article on this topic along with the workaround. We've heard some great feedback the past 2-3 days that the anticipated timeline we've provided in the blog article is not meeting customer and dealer expectations. Our engineering team are taking a hard look at the options and we hope to be able to shorten it. 

    https://community.trimble.com/blogs/tishyaa-sarkar/2026/01/28/worksmanager-changes-to-project-self-invite?CommunityKey=05542456-e9ac-43c3-abc8-9e70405a464d



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    Nicole Abling
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  • 3.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 01-29-2026 09:30

    Hi Nicole,

    I appreciate the fast response.  We will add each other for the next few months until self add has been reinstated.  Thank you.



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    Skyler Shearer
    GPS manager
    Ghilotti Construction Company
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  • 4.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 01-29-2026 10:04

    https://community.trimble.com/blogs/tishyaa-sarkar/2026/01/28/worksmanager-changes-to-project-self-invite



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    Dave Foxall
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  • 5.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 02-03-2026 08:48

    The ability to for a user to add themselves or remove themselves from a project is a big feature for us.  At this time, it looks like the only person that can admin users for the project is the project creator.  At a minimum admins should be able to add users to the project, but that is not possible with this new revision.



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    Matt Eklund, PE
    GPS Program Manager
    Sukut Construction
    California, USA
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  • 6.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 02-03-2026 09:41

    That is a good point Matt.  We have had a few other platforms that function this way and it works OK until someone is on vacation or leaves the company and then you end up loosing data or having to recreate it.  Having 2 tiers of Admins would work fine also platform admins who could access anything and project admins who could only create and edit projects.



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    Skyler Shearer
    GPS manager
    Ghilotti Construction Company
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  • 7.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 15 days ago

    I'm curious if there has been any progress on this.  This continues to be a bit of a friction point for us.  The original estimate was 2-3 months and that way given back in January.



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    Skyler Shearer
    GPS manager
    Ghilotti Construction Company
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  • 8.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 15 days ago

    Hello Skyler,

    We've reached out to you via the email regarding this issue.



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    Madhavan B
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  • 9.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 11 days ago

    This needs to be addressed. I'm going through my account making sure my team members are added to my sites. Since they can't do it on their own, even though they have admin permissions! I'm now getting this error.

    I'm on vacation next week, and the fact that this functionality was taken away makes zero sense.  Not getting these vibes from WorksManager!

     https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=worksmanager+viedo&&mid=40A9865C479F6CDFF22240A9865C479F6CDFF222&churl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.youtube.com%2fchannel%2fUCbXH1WcSsjURhMx2cMfnS6A&mmscn=mtsc&aps=38&FORM=VRDGAR

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    Jason Smyth
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  • 10.  RE: Project permissions

    Posted 11 days ago

    Hello Jason,

    We've reached out to you via the email regarding this issue.



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    Madhavan B
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