Role Descriptions and Access Rights

User roles determine which functional areas users can access and which activities they can perform in those areas.

The roles available for your account may depend on the features you have enabled for your account or on your account-level settings. For example, you will not see SMS-related roles if your account is not enabled for SMS.

The following table describes each role.

Role Description
Full Access Roles
Super User Has access to all functional areas but no access to account administration functionality.
Account Administrator Has all privileges of a Super User, plus access to account administration functionality.
Web Services API Roles
Analytics Web Services Manager Can access the application only using the Web Services API for analytics. Required for the Interactive Dashboards asynchronous API.
Campaign Web Services Manager Can access the application only using the Web Services API in the Campaign Management category.
Content Web Services Manager Can access the application only using the Web Services API in the Content Management category.
Folder Web Services Manager Can access the application only using the Web Services API in the Folder Management category.
List Web Services Manager Can access the application only using the Web Services API in the List Management category.
Program Web Services Manager This role enables a user to access program specific APIs.
Table Web Services Manager Can access the application only using the Web Services API in the Table Management category.
Campaign Related Roles
Display Marketing Director

Can create and edit Display campaigns.

Email Marketing Director Has all privileges of an Email Marketing Manager, plus the ability to launch Email campaigns.
Email Marketing Manager Can create, edit, and test Email campaigns, but cannot launch them. This role can edit and save content in the Content Library.
Email Marketing Producer

Can create, edit, and test Email campaigns, but cannot launch them. This role cannot edit and save content in the Content Library. This role is also restricted to editing content within a predefined content region in a campaign within the Email Message Designer.

This role will be able to pick only from an email template when creating an email campaign. Email Marketing Producers can't select a document directly from the Responsys Content Library.

MMS Marketing Manager

Can create, edit, and test MMS campaigns, but cannot launch them.

Push Marketing Director Has all the capabilities of Push Marketing Manager, plus the ability to launch Mobile App campaigns.
Push Marketing Manager

Can create and edit Mobile App campaigns, but cannot launch them.

SMS Marketing Director Has all the capabilities of SMS Marketing Manager plus privileges to activate keywords of subscriber initiated campaigns.
SMS Marketing Manager

Can create, edit, and test Oracle Responsys SMS campaigns, but cannot launch them.

SMS Aggregator Manager Can assign/unassign SMS aggregators for the account. For more information about this function, see Managing SMS aggregators for your account.
Social Marketing Manager

Can create, edit, and test Social campaigns, but cannot launch them.

Note: Social campaigns are deprecated.

Web Push Marketing Director Has all the capabilities of Web Push Marketing Manager, plus the ability to launch Web Push campaigns.
Web Push Marketing Manager Can create and edit Web Push campaigns, but cannot launch them.
Content Related Roles
Content Designer Can create, edit, and upload content and link tables.
Forms Related Roles
Forms Director Can create and edit forms.
Data Related Roles
Data Director Has full access to lists, PETs, supplemental tables, and Connect and Audience Designer.
Reporting Related Roles
Email Analytics Author Can author dashboards related to the Email channel.
Email Analytics Manager Can access the Email dashboards.
Mobile Apps Analytics Author Can author analytics dashboards related to the Mobile Apps channel.
Mobile Apps Analytics Manager Can access the Mobile Apps dashboards.
SMS Analytics Manager Can access the SMS and MMS dashboards.
SMS Analytics Author Can author dashboards related to the SMS and MMS channels.
Web Push Analytics Author Can author analytics dashboards related to the Web Push channel.
Web Push Analytics Manager Can access the Web Push dashboards.
Program Analytics Manager Can access Dashboards related to Program Performance.
Program Related Roles
Program Director

Has all privileges of a Program Manager, plus the ability to publish programs.

Program Manager Can create, edit, and test programs, but cannot publish them.
Task Management and Collaboration Related Roles
Collaboration Process Designer Can design and launch collaboration processes.
Collaboration Process Launcher Can launch collaboration processes.
Express Email Campaign Approver Can approve email campaign configurations through My Tasks.
Express Email Campaign Manager Can work on email campaign configurations through My Tasks
Express Email Content Approver Can approve email content through My Tasks.
Express Email Content Manager Can contribute email content through My Tasks.
Express Email Content Translator Can contribute translated content through My Tasks. These users have limited access to Oracle Responsys, and their user profile must also indicate their assigned languages. See Multilingual collaboration for more details.
CX Apps Related Roles
CX Apps Director Can install, configure, and uninstall apps, as well as view dependencies. This role is available for accounts that have CX Apps (AppCloud/App management) enabled.
CX Apps Manager Can use apps in Programs. User must also have Program Director or Program Manager role. This role is available for accounts that have CX Apps (AppCloud/App management) enabled.
App Developer Related Roles
Mobile App Admin Has all privileges of Mobile apps tab on the App Developer Console, plus the ability to delete mobile apps and platforms.
Mobile App Developer Has full access to the Mobile apps tab on the App Developer Console, but cannot delete mobile apps and platforms.
Web Push App Admin Has all privileges of Web Push apps tab on the App Developer Console, plus the ability to delete web push apps and platforms.
Web Push App Developer Has full access to the Web Push apps tab on the App Developer Console, but cannot delete web push apps and platforms.

DM 1.0 Related Roles

Note: Distributed Marketing (DM 1.0) is no longer supported

Corporate Marketer

Has access to Distributed Marketing (DM 1.0) from within Oracle Responsys.


Access rights by functional area

The following tables list the functional areas available to each role.

Note: Available functionality in each area varies by role. For example, both Email Marketing Manager and Email Marketing Director have access to Email campaigns, but the Email Marketing Manager does not have access to the Launch Campaign functionality.

Responsys Interface Access

Role Name Homepage Tools Account Settings
Account Administrator x x x
Super User x x  
All Web Services API roles      
(All channels) Marketing Director x x  
(All channels) Marketing Manager x x  
Email Marketing Producer x x  
(All channels) Analytics Manager x    
(All channels) Analytics Author      
Content Designer x    
Forms Director x    
Data Director x    
Program Director x x  
Program Manager x x  
Collaboration Process Designer x    
Collaboration Process Launcher x    
Express Email Campaign Manager      
Express Email Content Approver      
Express Email Content Manager      
Express Email Content Translator      
Corporate Marketer x    
All App Developer roles      
All Web Services API roles      

SMS Aggregator Management (Responsys account)

Role Name Manage Aggregator page
Account Administrator x
SMS Aggregator Manager x

App Management

Role Name App
Developer Console
Mobile apps tab
App Developer Console
Web Push apps tab
App Developer Console
Account Administrator x x x
Super User      
Mobile App Admin x x  
Mobile App Developer x x  
Web Push App Admin x   x
Web Push App Developer x   x

Launch and Publish Functions

Role Name Launch Campaign Publish Program Publish Audience Publish Process Launch Process
Account Administrator x x x x x
Super User x x x x x
Collaboration Process Designer       x x
Collaboration Process Launcher         x
Data Director     x    
Email Marketing Manager (e-mail campaign - standalone launch)          
Email Marketing Director (e-mail campaign - standalone launch) x        
Email Marketing Producer          
Program Marketing Director   x      
Push Marketing Manager (mobile app campaign - standalone launch)          
Push Marketing Director (mobile app campaign - standalone launch) x        
SMS Marketing Manager          
SMS Marketing Director x        
Web Push Marketing Manager          
Web Push Marketing Director x        

Campaign and Form Design Functions

Note: Social Campaigns are deprecated.

Role Name Content Library Edit Link Tables Email Campaigns SMS Campaigns MMS Campaigns Mobile App Campaigns Web Push Campaigns Forms Social Campaigns
Account Administrator x x x x x x x x x
Super User x x x x x x x x x
Content Designer x x              
Email Marketing Manager x x x            
Email Marketing Director x x x            
Email Marketing Producer     x            
Forms Director x             x  
MMS Marketing Manager   x     x        
Push Marketing Director   x       x      
Push Marketing Manager   x       x      
SMS Marketing Manager   x   x          
SMS Marketing Director   x   x          
Web Push Marketing Manager             x    
Web Push Marketing Director             x    

Orchestration and Process Design Functions

Role Name Program Program Designer Canvas Launch Process Process Monitoring
Account Administrator x x x x
Super User x x x x
Collaboration Process Designer   x x x
Collaboration Process Launcher     x x
Program Director x      
Program Manager x      

Task Management and Collaboration Functions

Role Name My Tasks Distributed Marketing (DM) 1.x Dynamic Content Collaboration Express Campaign Email Campaign Configuration Approval
Account Administrator x        
Super User x       x
Collaboration Process Designer x        
Collaboration Process Launcher x        
Corporate Marketer   x      
Express Email Campaign Manager x     x  
Express Email Campaign Approver x       x
Express Email Content Approver x   x    
Express Email Content Manager x   x    
Express Email Content Translator x     x  

Reporting and Monitoring Functions

Role Name Processing 
Monitoring
All Insight Reports (legacy cubes) Own Insight Reports (legacy cubes) Email Interactive Dashboards SMS and MMS Interactive Dashboards Mobile Apps Interactive Dashboards
Account Administrator x x        
Super User x x        
Collaboration Process Designer x          
Collaboration Process Monitor x          
Email Analytics Manager       x    
Email Analytics Author       x    
Mobile Apps Analytics Manager           x
Mobile Apps Analytics Author           x
SMS Analytics Manager         x  
SMS Analytics Author         x  
Web Push Analytics Manager            
Web Push Analytics Author            

Data Management Functions

Role Name Audience Lists (Profiles) Profile Extension Tables (PETs)
Account Administrator x x x
Super User x x x
Data Director x x x

Web Services API Functions

Role Name Analytics Web Services Campaign Web Services Content Web Services Folder Web Services List Web Services Table Web Services
Account Administrator x x x x x x
Super User x x x x x x
Analytics Web Services Manager x          
Campaign Web Services Manager   x        
Content Web Services Manager     x      
Folder Web Services Manager       x    
List Web Services Manager         x  
Table Web Services Manager           x

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