You must have the Jira System Administrators global permission before you can carry out the instructions on this page.

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 Approvals button 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 Approval button

the Issue Approval button appears on any issue of any project

any user view the Approval item on the Jira top menu.

The screenshot below shows the Request Approvals and the Issue Approval buttons 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, that allows to enable the Request Approvals 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 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 Configure Approvals 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.

Manage restrictions on the capability to view the Approval item in the Jira top Menu

Navigate the Approval Menu tab on the Permission Administration screen in order to enable only selected Users and Groups to view the Approval item in the Jira top Menu.

Choose Custom Settings in order to grant privileges to view the Approval item, on the Jira top menu, to selected Users and Groups.

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