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Configure Approvals for Single Issue

Configure Approvals for Single Issue


By default, only the project lead, the Jira System administrators and users in project role Administrators are enabled to Configure Approvals for Single Issue.

You can change the default privileges via the Permission Administration screen.


The Configure Approvals for Single Issue screen let you able to setup the required approvals on the workflow transition of a specific issue.

This setting overrides the applicable Approval Mapping configuration by project and issue type.

The Configure Approvals for Single Issue screen let you able to revert the configuration applied on the single issue to the Approval Mappings configurations by project and Issue type.

How to setup approval steps for a single issue

  1. Navigate to the issue View screen
  2. Click Issue Approval  to display the Configure Approvals for Single Issue  screen
  3. Select a workflow transition, drag and drop all desired Approvals from the Available Approvals to the Requested Approvals column


    Setup the advanced settings that you need to apply by clicking on the arrow of the Advanced Settings button

     

    A configuration for a single issue provides the same advanced setting options available for an Approval Mapping by Project and Issue Type.

  4. The applied settings are persisted contextually. Click Save and Close to exit from the screen. 

     

How to revert the approval configuration for a single issue to the Approval Mapping configurations by Project and Issue Type

The Configure Approvals for Single Issue screen let you able to revert the configuration applied on the single issue to the Approval Mapping configurations by Project and Issue Type.

When the issue uses a specific configuration, the Approval Configuration field reports the text Single Issue Approval and the button Revert Approval Mapping appears.

  1. Click Revert Approval Mapping to revert the applied configurations to the Approval Mappings configurations
  2. Click Yes to confirm 


    When clicking Yes the Configure Approvals for Single Issue screen closes.

    When reopening the Configure Approval for Single Issue screen ,  the Approval Configuration field reports the text Approval Mapping and the button Revert Approval Mapping doesn't appear anymore.


The Approval Configuration field reports the text Approval Mapping also if no Approval Mapping has been defined.

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