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WRKZY administrator guide

Operate WRKZY safely by maintaining members, channels, routing, business defaults, delivery health, and controlled change.

4 min readUpdated August 12, 2026
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Before you begin
  • Owner or Admin access to the intended workspace
  • An approved change request or operating need
  • A safe test case and rollback owner for high-impact configuration

The administrator's role

Administrators manage workspace members and settings within their allowed boundary. They should not decide customer policy alone; they implement an approved policy, make the product observable, and help operators use it consistently.

An Admin can manage day-to-day workspace access and configuration, while ownership transfer remains an Owner responsibility. Organization-level authority can also affect whether an Admin may invite a completely new organization user or only add an existing organization member.

Your operating domains

DomainAdministrator responsibilityProof it works
Members and invitationsLeast role, correct status, timely removalPerson can perform assigned work and no more
Team inboxes and routingResponsibility-owned queues and channel routesTest conversation reaches expected inbox
WhatsApp and emailDurable company authorization and sender identityInbound plus outbound test and healthy status
Business defaultsTimezone, currency, templates, fields, and policiesRecords and reports use approved defaults
Delivery healthMonitor connection and recipient-level failuresRecovery addresses the reason without duplicates
Automations and AI controlsApproval, guardrails, and human review boundariesLogs and reviewed outputs match policy
Security and privacySessions, consent, suppression, and evidence handlingAccess and communication remain explainable

Administration converts policy into controlled access

  1. 01
    AccountOrganization

    The customer account and ownership boundary.

  2. 02
    ScopeWorkspace

    The operating area where customer work and configuration live.

  3. 03
    GovernOwner

    Controls the organization, subscription, and highest-risk access.

  4. 04
    ConfigureAdministrator

    Configures members, channels, defaults, and operating controls.

  5. 05
    OperateMember

    Works customer queues, records outcomes, and escalates exceptions.

Owners approve purpose and authority; administrators configure the workspace; operators execute within that boundary.

Daily administration

  1. Review connection or delivery warnings before customer-facing teams begin work.
  2. Check unassigned and SLA-risk counts in team inboxes.
  3. Resolve member invitation or access problems with the least change required.
  4. Inspect failed campaign, quote, email, WhatsApp, or automation states before anyone retries.
  5. Record any temporary workaround, its owner, and when it will be removed.

Make a configuration change safely

  1. State the customer or operator problem in one sentence.
  2. Confirm the intended workspace and whether the change is Owner-, Admin-, or provider-controlled.
  3. Capture the current state and identify affected people, records, channels, and scheduled work.
  4. Choose the smallest setting that resolves the problem.
  5. Test with an approved internal record or recipient.
  6. Verify the resulting history, route, delivery state, or execution log.
  7. Tell affected operators what changed and what they should observe.
  8. Monitor the first real cases and roll back if the expected evidence does not appear.

Design team inboxes around responsibility

Channels connect at workspace level, then route to a team inbox. Use one default Customer Work inbox unless a team needs a different owner group, identity, SLA, hours, access, routing, or compliance policy. Saved views are usually better for categories handled by the same people under the same policy.

WRKZY team inbox configuration with routing and membership controlsOpen full size
Team inbox settings expose open, unassigned, SLA-risk, channel, and route information so an administrator can validate the operating boundary.

Manage access without privilege creep

  • Invite a teammate as Member unless administration is part of the responsibility.
  • Use Admin only for people who actively manage workspace settings or members.
  • Review pending invitations; resend only after confirming the recipient.
  • Disable access promptly when responsibility ends, while preserving the operating history.
  • Ask the Owner to handle ownership transfer or policy decisions beyond the Admin boundary.

What not to do

  • Do not share provider credentials or use a personal Meta, Google, or Microsoft account as undocumented infrastructure.
  • Do not reconnect a channel before checking whether the first connection still receives or sends.
  • Do not import the same customer file again to “fix” an unclear result.
  • Do not publish an automation or campaign before validating audience, exception, and rollback behavior.
  • Do not copy sensitive customer records into a support ticket when a safe ID and redacted crop are sufficient.

Weekly control review

Review active and invited members, team-inbox routing, default senders, delivery attention, unassigned work, automation failures, and temporary exceptions. For each issue, assign one owner and due date. A settings screen that looks complete is not sufficient; use recent operating evidence.

Measurable administrator success

Track routing accuracy, percentage of active work assigned, delivery-health recovery time, stale invitation count, and configuration changes that pass their first controlled test. Good administration reduces operator workarounds and makes failures diagnosable.

Administrator control check
  • Approved need and affected scope documented
  • Least role applied
  • Company-owned channels verified
  • Routing tested end to end
  • Delivery and execution evidence reviewed
  • Rollback owner named
  • Operators informed of behavior change
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