Restrict access based on Issue Fields

Question

Hi

I have created a sample project in JIRA and while creating/editing an issue, how can I restrict the access based on the fields in an issue.

For example, consider a few fields in the issue:

1. abc

2. def

3. xyz

And there are two user groups - developers and leads

I would like to restrict the access such that the leads should have access to all the 3 fields where as the developers should have view access to all the three, but edit access to only 1 & 2. How can I achieve this issue field based access?

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks in advance!

Joe Pitt · Accepted Answer

You can't out of the box. JIRA doesn't have field level security. There may  be a plugin that does, maybe the Behaviours one. Maybe through scripting. The only way to simulate it is to have the fields only on the view and a transition screen only those users (I suggest using project roles) can execute.