Compare access by role
Who can send to whom
Anyone can select New pulse. Admins and HR Admins can choose any participants. Other members can choose specific people, or a team in their visible or delegated reporting line. If they pick another audience, they see: “Only admins and HR admins can use this participant filter. Select specific employees or a team in your visible or delegated reporting structure.” See Choose participants.Owners
The person who creates a pulse becomes its first owner. Owners can edit the pulse and always see all responses.- Edit owners can change questions, participants, schedule, settings, and sharing. They can launch, pause, nudge, rename, duplicate, and delete. Owners added in Settings > Owners with Add owner show as Co-Owner.
- Read-only owners see all responses but can’t change anything. You can add them only through Windy or MCP.
Admins and HR Admins
Admin roles don’t give access to other people’s pulses. An Admin can read a pulse only as an owner, a participant, a manager with Visible to managers sharing, or someone the pulse is shared with. To give an Admin full access, add them as an owner.Delegated access
Access delegation adds reporting lines to a person’s view. With Visible to managers sharing, a delegate can read responses from those reporting lines. Delegated access never lets someone edit a pulse.Drafts
A pulse that hasn’t launched is a draft. Only its owners can see it. Participants can’t see it until it’s sent.FAQs
Can a manager who isn't an admin run a pulse?
Can a manager who isn't an admin run a pulse?
Yes. Any member can create a pulse for their own team, a team in their reporting line, or specific people.
Can an admin edit a pulse through delegated access?
Can an admin edit a pulse through delegated access?
No. Only edit owners can change a pulse. Ask an owner to add you with Add owner.