How Can I Modify a Jira Filter owned by someone else?

[John Waters]

We are currently running Jira 8.5.1 at my company.  My manager has asked me to modify a query that he created and owns.  The query shows in the "Shared With" column "Shared with anyone on the Web (VIEW)".  I am one of the administrators of Jira at my company.  When I try to change the owner of the query to myself I receive the following error:

"Dashboards and filters in this Jira instance cannot be shared with anyone on the web anymore.  If you want to modify the item, you must change the Shares so that it is not shared with anyone on the web."

Is there anyway I can modify his query without my manager granting me edit privileges of the query or him changing the "Shares" value?  I hope that my question is clear.

Thanks in advance for everyones' help.

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi John - the short answer is No. You have to go to Settings > System > Shared Dashboards or Shared Filters and change the ownership to you. Then you can modify it. 

There is a feature request here that you can vote for and follow:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-17783

[John Funk]

Sorry, here's the server version:

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-17783

[John Waters]

Thanks for the answer John.  I will relay your response to my manager.  I was just trying to save him some work.  Thanks again.