---
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/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-assign-pconfig-owner-approver.html
release: australia
product: Journey Designer
classification: journey-designer
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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** > **Journey designer** > **Administration** > **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/australia/markdown/australia/employee-service-management/journey-designer/jny-dsgnr-plan-config-admin.md)