Guides and permissions in Jira tutorials
Manage permissions in Jira
Please note that these features will only be available to you if you are a Jira administrator.
- Navigate to the top right of the screen. Select the Cog and User Management from the dropdown. Here, you will be able to view a list of all users, grant access to various applications, and set permissions accordingly.
![User management](https://wac-cdn.atlassian.com/dam/jcr:695f6a77-43d1-4b34-96a7-99660133ac39/user-mananagement.png?cdnVersion=1881)
- Alternatively, you can select the Cog and System from the dropdown.
- Select Project roles or Global permissions from the sidebar navigation.
![Adding project role](https://wac-cdn.atlassian.com/dam/jcr:eaf43f2b-d025-4a77-821c-10f59a062cb1/add-project-role.png?cdnVersion=1881)
Create or edit permission schemes
Please note that these features will only be available to you if you are a Jira administrator.
- Navigate to the top right of the screen. Select the Cog and Issues from the dropdown.
- Select Permission schemes from the sidebar navigation.
![Permission schemes](https://wac-cdn.atlassian.com/dam/jcr:69fbb759-d6d1-450a-b20c-1a0399a25a3f/permission-schemes.png?cdnVersion=1881)
Access Permission Helper in Jira
Leverage Jira’s Permission Helper to discover why a user does or does not have certain permissions.
In company-managed and team-managed projects:
- Navigate to the top right of the screen. Select the Cog and System from the dropdown.
- In the sidebar navigation, select Permission helper.
![Permission helper](https://wac-cdn.atlassian.com/dam/jcr:b604f9c0-05c2-41c8-b8dc-15be433daac6/permission-helper.png?cdnVersion=1881)
Create and update group
- Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
- Select Directory > Groups.
- Select the Create group button to create a new group.
![Group view in Jira](https://wac-cdn.atlassian.com/dam/jcr:bb34a56a-0ef2-4c9d-ab0b-c2419d1f1ddf/groups.png?cdnVersion=1881)
Assign or update a user’s project roles in Jira
You can see and edit a user's Jira project role. For example, quickly assign a user to newly-created roles in several different projects at one time.
- Log in to admin.atlassian.com
- From your organization, go to Directory > Users.
- Find the user whose role you want to modify, then select their avatar or Show details.
- Select the 3 dot icon next to a Jira product, then select View Jira project roles.
![Update project role](https://wac-cdn.atlassian.com/dam/jcr:6b4184c6-758c-45c7-916d-4eeccf0a1fbb/update-project-role.png?cdnVersion=1881)
Create a new project role in Jira
To define a new project role:
- Navigate to the top right of the screen. Select the Cog and System from the dropdown.
- Under Security, select Project roles. The Project Role Browser displays, which contains a list of all the project roles in your Jira site.
- Under Add Project Role at the bottom of the page, enter your desired role's name and a description
- Click the Add Project Role button.
To add members to the role:
- Click on Manage Default Members in the Actions column for your newly created project role.
- Click Edit under Default Users or Default Groups.
- Enter group names in the Add user(s) to project role field. Or, select the user picker icon to add individual users.
- Click the Add button.
Once a new project role is created, it is available to all projects. Project administrators can then assign members to the project role for their project (see managing project role membership).