Can't Manage Category in Team-Managed Project

Question

Hello all,

I'm set as the "Project Admin" for a team-managed project in our JIRA instance.  The project is set up as a "work management" style project, not a software/agile project.   Any idea why I'm unable to add new categories to the project (as shown here)?  Thank you for a point in the right direction.

Hector Vazquez · Answer

You add the values directly into the field on an existing issue, as recommended here:

https://community.atlassian.com/forums/Jira-questions/Unable-to-edit-category-when-configuring-issue-fields/qaq-p/2547455

Bill Sheboy · Answer

Hi @Rob Terakedis

For Jira Work Management (JWM) projects, I believe that type of Category may only be added when on the List view.  On which view are you trying to add a Category?

Perhaps add a screen image for context also.  Thanks!

Kind regards,
Bill

Shiva Kumar Hiremath · Answer

Hello Rob,

In Jira, project categories are typically managed at the global level by Jira administrators, not project administrators. This means that for team-managed projects, a project admin cannot directly set or change the project category. Only a Jira admin has the permissions to create, assign, or delete project categories