Assign owners and approvers to a journey configuration

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In Journey designer, administrators assign the initial owners and approvers to a plan configuration.

Before you begin

Role required: sn_jny.admin

About this task

Co-owners have the same capabilities as owners.

Note: Approvers are optional. If no approver is selected, the approval process isn’t required.

Procedure

Navigate to All > Journey designer > Administration > Manage Plan Configurations.
Open a Plan Configuration to assign an owner and approver.

Double-click the Plan Configuration to open it.
Select the Plan Config Owners and Approvers tab.
Select New
Select the search icon for the Owner field.
Start typing the name of the owner to search the list of users.

You can click in the Owner field to view a list of recent selections.

Co-owners and Approvers fields are available only after you select an Owner.
Select the lock icon next to the Co-owners field.
Select a co-owner.
Select the lock icon next to the Approvers field.
Select Submit.

Parent Topic:Setup the Journey designer plan configuration review and approval process

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---
title: Assign owners and approvers to a journey configuration
description: In Journey designer, administrators assign the initial owners and approvers to a plan configuration.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-assign-pconfig-owner-approver.html
release: brazil
product: Journey Designer
classification: journey-designer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Create plan configurations, Configure Journey designer features, Configure, Journey designer, Employee Journey Management, HR Service Delivery, Employee Service Management]
---

# Assign owners and approvers to a journey configuration

In Journey designer, administrators assign the initial owners and approvers to a plan configuration.

## Before you begin

Role required: sn\_jny.admin

## About this task

Co-owners have the same capabilities as owners.

**Note:** Approvers are optional. If no approver is selected, the approval process isn’t required.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to **All** &gt; **Journey designer** &gt; **Administration** &gt; **Manage Plan Configurations**.

2. Open a **Plan Configuration** to assign an owner and approver.

Double-click the **Plan Configuration** to open it.

3. Select the **Plan Config Owners and Approvers** tab.

4. Select **New**

5. Select the search icon for the **Owner field**.

6. Start typing the name of the owner to search the list of users.

You can click in the **Owner** field to view a list of recent selections.

**Co-owners** and **Approvers** fields are available only after you select an **Owner**.

7. Select the lock icon next to the **Co-owners** field.

8. Select a co-owner.

9. Select the lock icon next to the **Approvers** field.

10. Select **Submit**.

**Parent Topic:**[Setup the Journey designer plan configuration review and approval process](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-plan-config-admin.md)