Users, roles and assignment

How do I stop every user from creating apps?

Only users mapped to the development environment can build apps, so map only your developers there.

How-to

Short answer: Give development environment access only to the people who should build apps. Users without it are told to ask a Super Admin when they try to create one.

Why it happens

  • Apps are built in the development environment. Only Super Admins and users mapped to it can create apps.
  • Users added to production sync to the other environments, but they can't use the development environment until someone maps them to it.

How to fix it

  1. Click your profile icon > Environments.

  2. Click Manage under the development environment.

  3. Review the mapped users, and use Add users to map only your developers.

    Mapping users to the development environment from the Environments page

See adding users to the development environment.

To also control who creates processes, boards, and datasets:

  1. A Super Admin can require approval for new flows in flow settings.

Important

Users who have access only through a group can't be mapped to the development environment. Add them to the User management table first.

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