You must have the JIRA System Administrators global permission before you can carry out the instructions on this page.
The Permissions administration screen let you able to restrict the visibility of some addo-on items.
Three tabs in this screen allows choose users allowed to view:
the Request Approvals button on the top of the issue view screen
the Issue Approvalbutton n the top of the issue view screen
You are able to manage these settings by Projects and to grant privileges to Groups, Project Roles, Reporter and Assignee.
the Approval item in the JIRA top menu
Overview
The Permissions administration screen looks like as follows:
If no setting is applied on these screens, the default behavior is the following:
all users having browsing permission on the issue view the Request Approvals button
the Request Approvalsbutton appears on the issues found in the source status requiring approvals
only System Administrators, project lead, users in the group jira-administrators and in the project role administrator view the Issue Approvalbutton
the Issue Approvalbutton appears on any issue of any project
any user view the Approval item on the JIRA top menu.
The screenshot below shows the Request Approvalsand the Issue Approvalbuttons on the view of an issue.
The following screenshot shows the Approval item on the JIRA top menu:
Manage restrictions on the capability to notify an Approval Request via email
Navigate the Approval Request tab on the Permission Administration screen in order to:
enable the Request Approvals button on the issues belonging to the selected projects exclusively
The available options include:
All, that allows to enable the Request Approvals button on all projects (Default)
Only Selected Projects, thatallows to enable the Request Approvals button on the selected projects exclusively. Do not select any project to avoid displaying the button on any project.
When choosing to enable the Request Approvals button on the selected projects exclusively, just click Add Projectto append the selected project to the list of Selected Projects.
restrict permissions to display the Request Approvals button by project and issue type.
The Project select list will include all projects enabled to display the Request Approvals button.
Select a Project and click Add Permissions to grant privileges to view the Request Approvals button to Users, Groups, Project Rules, Report, Assignee and Project lead.
Manage restrictions on the capability to setup Approvals for a single issue
Navigate the Define Custom Approval Rules for single issue tab on the Permission Administration screen in order to:
enable the Issue Approval button on the issues belonging to the selected projects exclusively
The available options include:
All. It allows to enable the Issue Approval button on all projects (Default)
Only Selected Projects. It allows to enable the Issue Approval button on the selected projects exclusively. Do not select any project to avoid displaying the button on any project.
Just click the Add Project button in order to append the selected project to the list of Selected Projects.
restrict permissions to display the Issue Approval button by project and issue type.
The Project select list will include all projects enabled to display the Issue Approval button.
Select a Project and click Add Permissions to grant privileges to view the Issue Approval button to Users, Groups, Project Rules, Report,Assignee and Project lead.