Administrator's Guide - 1.2

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Last updated: Mar 16, 2017 by Holly Wright
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This guide applies to Delegated Project Admin Pro for JIRA 1.2 and above.

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Video: Admin Features

The following video provides a helpful high-level overview of the Administration features available within this add-on. See the Administrator Guide documentation below for additional details.

Accessing the Configuration Screen

Once the Delegated Project Admin Pro for JIRA add-on has been installed and a valid license has been supplied, you can access its configuration screen by doing any of the following:

  • From the Cog menu , choose Delegated Administration.
  • From any Admin screen, choose the Delegated Administration tab.

Delegated Schemes section

The Delegated Schemes section in the sidebar lists each type of schemes supported by the Delegated Project Admin Pro for JIRA add-on. This includes:

  • Field Configuration schemes
  • Issue Type schemes
  • Issue Type Screen schemes
  • Notification schemes
  • Permission schemes
  • Workflow schemes

What to delegate

The What to delegate section in the right panel allows you to select which schemes can be handled by non-JIRA Administrators.

For each scheme type listed above, you can configure which options are available to project administrators or leads (whomever it is delegated to in the Who to delegate it to section):

  • None - feature disabled - This will disable delegation for this particular scheme. (Default)
  • All items - This will allow delegated project administrators to select from all of the relevant schemes in your instance.
  • Exclude certain schemes - This allows the JIRA administrator to select which schemes SHOULD NOT be available for delegated project administrators to select from.
  • Only specific schemes - This allows the JIRA administrator to select the specific schemes that SHOULD be available for delegated project administrators to select from.

When "Exclude certain schemes" is selected, the right panel will be expanded to list each existing scheme. Click the Action button () to toggle whether that scheme is hidden (i.e. excluded).

When "Only specific schemes" is selected, the right panel will be expanded to list each existing scheme. Click the Action button () to toggle whether that scheme is shown (i.e. included).

Who to delegate it to

The Who to delegate it to section in the right panel allows you to choose who can Select schemes and Modify schemes. The ability to Modify schemes is currently available only for Permission schemes and Notification schemes, and this allows users to duplicate their current Permission or Notification scheme and then maintain it themselves.

For each scheme type listed above, you can set the permissions to reflect the following:

  • None - feature disabled - This will disable delegation for this particular scheme (Default)
  • Project lead only - Only the single user that is designated as the project lead on the project will have access to configure this scheme.
  • Users with Project admin permissions - If somebody has access to the project administration functionality (version, roles and component editing, for example) they will have access to configure the relevant scheme.

Delegation Settings section

The Delegation Settings section contains options that allow the global administrator to configure what can be included when affected schemes are duplicated and maintained on a project basis.

Available Groups

The Available Groups option allows you to select which groups are shown, and thus are selectable, when your delegated project administrators modify and edit a Notification or Permission scheme.

What to enable

The What to enable section allows you to configure which groups are shown. Select from one of the following:

  • None - feature disabled - This will disable selection of groups. (Default)
  • All items - This will allow delegated project administrators to select from all of the relevant groups in your instance.
  • Exclude certain groups - This allows the JIRA administrator to select which groups SHOULD NOT be available for  delegated project administrators to select from.
  • Only specific groups -This allows the JIRA administrator to select the specific groups that SHOULD be available for delegated project administrators to select from.

When "Exclude certain groups" is selected, the right panel will be expanded to list each existing group. Click the Action button () to toggle whether that group is hidden (i.e. excluded).

When "Only specific groups" is selected, the right panel will be expanded to list each existing group. Click the Action button () to toggle whether that group is shown (i.e. included).

Who to enable it for

The Who to enable it for section in the right panel allows you to choose who can select groups when modifying and editing a Notification or Permission scheme. Select one of the following:

  • None - feature disabled - This will disable the selection of groups. (Default)
  • Project Lead only - Only the single user that is designated as the project lead on the project will have access to select groups.
  • Users with Project admin permissions - If somebody has access to the project administration functionality (version, roles and component editing, for example) they will have access to select groups for a particular scheme.

Available Issue Types

The Available Issue Types option allows you to select which issue types are shown, and thus are selectable, when your delegated project administrators modify and edit an Issue Type scheme.

What to enable

The What to enable section allows you to configure which issue types are shown. Select from one of the following:

  • None - feature disabled - This will disable selection of issue types. (Default)
  • All items - This will allow delegated project administrators to select from all of the issue types defined in your instance.
  • Exclude certain Issue Types - This allows the JIRA administrator to select which issue types SHOULD NOT be available for  delegated project administrators to select from.
  • Only specific Issue Types -This allows the JIRA administrator to select the specific issue types that SHOULD be available for delegated project administrators to select from.

When "Exclude certain Issue Types" is selected, the right panel will be expanded to list each existing issue type. Click the Action button () to toggle whether that issue type is hidden (i.e. excluded).

When "Only specific Issue Types" is selected, the right panel will be expanded to list each existing issue type. Click the Action button () to toggle whether that issue type is shown (i.e. included).