Can I set up a role so this role only can edit epics?

[John Pfotzer]

I would like to set a up a role that only this role can edit epics. Can I do this?

Or is there a different way to control who can edit an epic?

I already added the role to my instance, how can I only allow this role to edit epics and no other users can?

I am on the cloud version. 

[David Nickell]

Jira doesn’t have a native “edit only certain issue types” permission, but you can accomplish it using a project role plus workflow properties.

 Here is an example: 

• "Johnny Epic" can only edit Epics
• "Suzy Universe" can edit anything

 Create a role for Epic Editors

1. Add Johnny to this role.  (Do not change Suzy)
2. Remove Johnny from any existing roles with edit capabilities.
3. In your Epic Workflow, click on each status and add the following workflow property

jira.permission.edit.projectrole = Epic Editors

• This tells Jira: “Even if the user cannot normally edit issues, allow editing for users in Epic Editors while the issue is in this status.”
• This does not alter the project level permission behavior for Suzy
• Only Change the EPIC Workflow and add this permission on each status

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btw.. I had a helper (ChatGPT).  I had some ideas that were close and I looked to Chat to help confirm and clarify.

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Good Luck!

[Fabian Lim]

Hi @John Pfotzer

There is no specific permissions to restrict who can edit an epic out of the box.  You will have to use a plugin such as behaviours (from adaptivist which comes with scriptrunner) or Live fields (from appfire which comes with powerscripts or JMWE plugins) to have this functionality. If you have less than 10 users you may be able to use them for free.

Regards,

Fabian