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This page contains information about the scope permissions of required for the Power BI Jira Connector application and clarifies the app-specific security and compliance statements displayed on Atlassian Marketplace.

Atlassian Connect app scopes

When you install an Atlassian Connect app (also known as an add-on or plugin), you are prompted to approve and accept the app's scopes. For more information, refer to Atlassian Connect app scopes.

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✅ The actual scope permissions required by the Power BI Jira Connector app are detailed in the Marketplace descriptor file.

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"scopes": [
    "READ",
    "ACT_AS_USER",
    "ADMIN"
  ]

Power BI Jira Connector: Scope permissions

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Power BI Connector - Permissions for Jira

The Power BI Connector app requires the following Jira permissions.

  • READ

    • ✅ Only reads the Jira data.

    • To use the app, you need the minimum Jira Project “Browse” permission.

  • Only the Jira Administrator can change the App settings.

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  • Power BI DesktopACT_AS_USER

  • ADMIN

    • Jira Administrator privileges are required to manage the Power BI Connector App Settings.

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Warning
  • The Power BI Connector app does not write or delete data from Jira.

  • The Power BI Connector app does not administer Jira projects.

Power BI Desktop: The actions performed on data in Power BI Desktop do not impact the Jira data.

  • After importing the Jira data to Power BI Desktop,

    users

    you have the flexibility to

    modify or delete

    :

    • Modify the data in the Power BI Desktop.

    • Any change made to Delete the data in the Power BI Desktop.

  • Power BI Desktop

    is

    does not

    written

    write the data back to Jira.

  • During the subsequent data refresh, the

    data in Power BI Desktop is updated with newly imported data from Jira.

Hence, only the following capabilities are applicable to the Power BI Jira Connector app.

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Scope

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Capabilities

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Read

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Read data from the Jira.

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Act as user

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Refresh the data in Power BI Desktop using scheduled refreshes, even when the user is offline.

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Administration

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  • connector fetches the fresh Jira data to Power BI Desktop.

Security and compliance statements

Since the Power BI Jira Connector application needs requires ADMIN permissions to manage App Settings, the marketplace template displays the following security and compliance statements by default.

(error) However, not all the default scope permission statements are applicable to the Power BI Jira Connector app.

  • Act on a user's behalf, even when the user is offline

  • Administer the host application

  • Administer Jira projects

  • Delete data from the host application

  • Write data to the host application

  • Read data from the host application

✅ The Jira permission required is as mentioned in the Power BI Connector - Permissions for Jira section of this page.

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Navigate to Atlassian Marketplace > Privacy & Security > Security and Compliance to view the Power BI Jira Connector app security and compliance information.

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