Octo permissions
- Nikki Zavadska
- Michelle Ruoff
- Christie Gera
If you’re looking to put restrictions on who can and cannot create and edit components, components versions, or view components, you can use Octo’s permissions settings.
There are two permissions available on the global level - Manage components in Octo and View components in Octo.
The permissions are available for both company-managed and team-managed projects.
Manage components in Octo
Users with this permission are allowed to:
Access Octo Component management app
Create, edit and delete components via Octo to all Jira projects
Create, edit, and delete component versions
Merge components
Link components to the issues
Link component versions to the issues
Show/Hide Octo tab in team-managed projects
Import components in the project
To edit Octo permission, you need to be a Jira Administrator to the permission in global settings.
👉 How to add or remove ‘administer Octo permission’
View components in Octo
Users with this permission are allowed to:
Access Octo Component management app
View components via Octo
View component versions
Link components to the issues
Link component versions to the issues
To edit Octo permission, you need to be a Jira Administrator to the permission in global settings.
👉 How to add or remove ‘administer Octo permission’
Permission table
| Manage components in Octo | View components in Octo |
|---|---|---|
Access Octo Component management app | YES | YES |
Create, edit, and delete components via Octo | YES | NO |
View components via Octo | YES | YES |
Create, edit, and delete component versions | YES | NO |
View component versions | YES | YES |
Link components to the issues | YES | YES |
Link component versions to the issues | YES | YES |
Merge components | YES | NO |
Manually synchronize components | YES | NO |
Show/Hide Octo tab in team-managed projects | YES | NO |
Import components in the project | YES | NO |