This section details how to enable permissions in capacity tracker.
The Capacity Tracker - “Admin Settings” is the new feature that allows Jira administrators to enable permissions for capacity tracker. Once you have enabled the permissions, you can set the user access control for Capacity Tracker according to your organization needs and policies.
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Permissions are only available for Jira Classic Projects. App permissions are not made available yet by Atlassian for Next Gen Projects. |
This new feature introduces two primary level of settings that help you to enable and manage the permissions for Capacity Tracker.
Admin setting > Enable Jira permissions for the App (Capacity Tracker).
Project permissions > Grant and manage permissions under project scheme.
How to enable permissions?
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You need to be a JIRA administrator in order to enable or change permission feature of Capacity Tracker. |
Please refer to the following instructions to enable the permissions.
On the top Jira menu bar click on Settings and navigate to Apps.
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2. Once you are on the Apps page, click on configurations under Capacity Tracker.
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3. Here, under the Admin settings you will find Jira Permissions control.
By default, permissions are disabled, meaning all the users who have access to your Jira instance will be able to access the Capacity Tracker and there are no restrictions.
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You can choose to enable the Jira permissions.
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Once permissions are enabled your Jira administrator will have to go through the project permissions and associated software scheme to configure the Capacity Tracker specific permissions. The details are explained in the following section.
How to grant and manage permissions?
Capacity Tracker Project permissions allow you to control who can access Capacity Tracker, and what they can do, e.g. "Edit Board/Sprint Configurations". Access level to capacity tracker is granted to people by project permissions.
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You need to be a JIRA administrator in order to manage or change permission schemes. |
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It is assumed that Jira Administrator has full understanding about how to manage application access, global permissions, software schemes and project permissions in Jira. |
Please follow these steps to grant your Jira users permissions:
Go to the projects menu and select any project.
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2. In the left Jira menu click on Project Settings.
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3. In the same menu, after change, click on the Permission option.
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4. In the top right corner, click on Actions.
Then in the dropdown menu, click on Edit Permissions.
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5. Default software scheme will open with the list of project permissions.
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6. Search for the Capacity Tracker Read-Only/Read-Write Access.
You will find two project permissions:
i. Capacity Tracker Read-Only access (ability to see the Tracker).
ii. Capacity Tracker Read-Write access (ability to see the Tracker and update its settings).
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7. Click on Edit for the appropriate permission.
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8. Look for the proper grant and validate your selection.
Read-Only Access:
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Read-Write Access:
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Sample example shows below.
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You must be aware that in Jira, permissions can be granted to roles, groups, applications, specific users and in many other ways. We do not recommend any specific groups or roles to grand capacity tracker permissions. Instead it is completely up to you to decide based on your requirements, needs and company policies to decide whom to give read-only and read-write access.
For read-only access, capacity tracker edit button will be disabled and those users with read-only access will not be able to update any capacity configurations.
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Users/groups/roles with read-write access, will be able to view Capacity Tracker configuration page and will be able to modify the details.
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If your organization and teams does not have stringent access permission requirements to use Capacity Tracker, then we suggest you to disable Jira permissions in the admin settings. This will avoid confusion and all your Jira users will be able to access Capacity Tracker without any restrictions. |
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Jira References
Following are the further readings on native Jira permissions and related topics from Atlassian:
Questions? Contact Support
Please contact our Support team for questions, issues or feedback on page describes the different types of permissions and access rights that can be set up for Capacity Tracker.
What are permissions?
Permissions are settings and configurations within Capacity Tracker and Jira application that control what users within Capacity Tracker can see and do. Permissions are implemented to offer a layer of security, integrity and privacy to the Capacity Tracker application features and its associated data.
How to start working with permissions?
By default, Capacity tracker permissions are disabled, meaning the tool does not check for permissions and any logged-in user will be able to use all the features and functionalities, there are no restrictions. This is meant to provide a good experience for first-time users.
→ How to enable permission checking.
Type of permissions
Capacity tracker offers two levels of permissions in case you would like to restrict access to some features and functionalities to the specific users, groups or roles in your Jira instance:
Global permissions
Project permissions
Global Permissions
Those permissions are applied globally and can only be changed by a Jira Administrator only.
Feature | Permission Name | Description |
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Capacity Tracker - Template Management Read-Only access | Can see templates. | |
Capacity Tracker - Template Management Read-Write access | Can see and create/update/delete templates. | |
Capacity Tracker - Multi Project Report Management Read-Only access | Can see multi-project reports. | |
Capacity Tracker - Multi Project Report Management Read-Write access | Can see and create/update/delete multi-project reports. |
→ How to configure global permissions.
Project Permissions
Those permissions are applied per project and can be either changed by a Jira Administrator (for Company-Managed projects), or a Project Administrator (for Team-Managed projects).
Permission Name | Description |
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Capacity Tracker Read-Only access | Can see a capacity report. |
Capacity Tracker Read-Write access | Can see a capacity report but also update its configuration (like users, daily capacities, etc.). |
→ How to configure project permissions.
UI Visibility
If CT is configured to check permissions, then UI element will only be visible if the logged-in user has sufficient permissions.