How to enter board configurations as project admin?

[maximilian]

I am admin of a next-gen project in jira and currently the only member yet. I set up a kanban board with a couple of tickets and a couple of epics. I want to show the epic panel on the side of the board. If I click on the three dots it only shows that I can manage rules, but no sign of configurations. 

I read in another article that I also need to be board admin to do that which is apparently sth different that project admin. Apparently, I am not automatically board admin, even if I am the only member (why?), although I added myself as admin to the board. So, how can I - as project admin - make myself board admin, enter configurations of the kanban board and show the epics panel? I really tried for an hour now...

[edwin vasquez]

If you dont have admin access, you may need to ask your Jira admin to make the changes for you and grant you access.