Help deciphering the symbols on my photo in project pages.

Question

I am relatively new to Jira.  My prior company used it extensively, but I mainly viewed pages.  I am with a new company using it as well and I need to learn to actually use it.  I know Atlassian has tutorials and I'll be reviewing those.

For this question, I notice when I visit an existing page my company has created, there is a set of circular icons for 'People' near the top.  On my photo, on one of the pages was a stack of 3 horizontal lines.  I figured out that this was the symbol for 'filter'. Does that mean that the page was showing ONLY items for which I am somehow associated?

I went to another page an my circular icon has a large capital 'S' on it.  Where can I find a list of such symbols and their meanings?

Scott Sutherland_mdie3d · Answer

The S on the icon of my name is what I'm asking about. On another page, there were 3 horizontal lines of decreasing size.  I 'think', the S means this page was 'shared' with me, and I assume that means I don't have editing rights, only viewing rights (unless the owner granted them).  I think the vertical lines are for some sort of Filter, but it is a toggle, so I don't know what the filter would be doing, other than perhaps only showing me items to which I have been assigned, or which I am watching.

Thanks,

Scott

Scott Sutherland_mdie3d · Answer

Jack Brickey · Answer

Hi @Scott Sutherland , it seems you are referring to Confluence maybe rather than Jira. But screenshots would really help here.