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# Journey designer plan configuration owners

# Journey designer plan configuration owners {#ariaid-title1}

Release version: Brazil  
Updated September 10, 2026  
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Plan configuration owners create and update plan configurations and publish
changes.  
ServiceNow application administrators [assign plan configuration owners](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/70Qu~7obSjdkt2I3uz9o4Q "In Journey designer, administrators assign the initial owners and approvers to a plan configuration."). The owners of a plan configuration publish updates for review and approval. The decentralized approach to plan configuration ownership and approval supports a workflow for area experts to customize and maintain plan configurations. These plan configurations are called journey templates in the Employee Center .

Owner
:   Owners are assigned by ServiceNow administrators. A plan configuration owner has expertise related to the plan configuration needs of a logical area.

Co-owner
:   Co-owners are assigned by ServiceNow administrators and have all the responsibilities of an owner.
* **[Update and publish changes to plan configurations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/W_iCg~lT~HLnbtJI93S9MQ)**   
  Plan owners update plan configurations and publish the changes for review and approval.
* **[Create and update task templates for plan configurations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/B3KAm_YNUlYSLoUJ8JcALA)**   
  Plan owners create and update task templates that are used in plan configurations.
* **[Add or update stages in a journey plan configurations](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/2unaLyXXDDvgDmdpvRM_xw)**   
  Owners add or update the stages in journey plan configurations.