Can't add someone to a Project Role?

[Deleted user]

I've been a Jira user/admin for about 10 years and I can't figure out if this is a feature that was removed or I'm doing something wrong.

I have a permission scheme setup that uses custom Project Roles, and this permission scheme is shared by numerous projects. These projects, schemes, and project roles were setup a couple of years ago. So it was long before the latest UI changes.

I want to add a user to a Project Role of a specific project, and I can't figure out how. I click on the "Add User" button, I get the pop-up to add a user, and I'm able to search/select the user I want, but when I open the "Role" drop down I don't see the Project Roles. I see the Project Roles on the screen under the pop-up, but they're not in the drop down in the pop-up. The "roles" in that list seem to be site groups I've setup. 

I'm very confused...

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Are you on Cloud, the new UI? Or on a JIRA Server version? Maybe you can add a screenshot?

You should be able to add users or groups to any of the available roles. And it is working as expected for me.

[Deleted user]

Hi Jobin - thanks for the reply. I'm using Jira cloud. 

Here is the screen. I see the Project Roles I'm expecting. So I click on the 'Add people' button. (I want to add someone to that 'Project Triagers' group.)

I'm able to select anyone in I want in the search. (I picked me just as an example.)

But when I open up that 'Role' drop down list, it seems to be populated with groups from the whole Jira site. Not the list that includes my 'Project Triagers' group.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Nit sure what is happening. I am seeing roles in that dropdown, not groups. Maybe there is a bug. You might want to report it to Atlassian.

[Deleted user]

Ok, I'm an idiot. It is working. The new(ish) UI threw me off.