Power BI Jira Connector - Scope permissions

This page contains the scope permissions of 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.

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

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

Power BI Jira Connector: Scope permissions

• The Power BI Jira Connector only reads the data and does not write anything to Jira.

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

• Only the Jira Administrator can change the App settings.

  

• Power BI Desktop

  • After importing the Jira data to Power BI Desktop, users have the flexibility to modify or delete the data in the Power BI Desktop.

  • Any change made to the data in Power BI Desktop is not written 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.

Security and compliance statements

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

However, not all the default scope 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