Which permission is necessary to create a workflow?

[Cristina Ramos]

Good morning,

I have access to a project in Jira, in this project i have the role of administrator but if i go to this section : Project >> Project Settings >>workflows , I can see all the workflows but I can't modify any of them (all have the text at the end : "View as text").

Do I need more permissions to execute this action?.

Thanks in advance!

Cristina

PD : If i see the characteristics of my role ( in permissions section)  I can see the option: 

View Read-Only Workflow

Users with this permission may view a read-only version of a workflow. 

My role is Administrator and it's on the list asociated with this option.

[Nic Brough _Adaptavist_]

To edit workflow, you need to either:

• Be a Jira or System administrator
• Be a board administrator and have had Jira or System administrator "simplify" your workflow
• Be a project administrator, on Jira Server 7.6 or above, with the workflow being used only by your project

[Cristina Ramos]

Hi Nic, 

thanks in advance.

I'm a Jira Administrator.

I don't know how to see if I have a board administrator and the Jira version is : v7.5.0

Thanks so much!

Cristina

[Thomas Schlegel]

Hi Cristina,

as an Jira Administrator, you can create and edit workflows.

If you have Project Administration permission, it depends on some conditions, whether you can edit the project's workflow or not:

• Maybe the Jira Administrator restricted this. Look at the permission scheme and check if the Extended Project Administration is enabled 
• Maybe the workflow is shared between projects. You can't edit shared workflows.
• Maybe your Jira Version is too old. Extended Project Administration was introduced with Jira 7.3

[Cristina Ramos]

Thanks in advance!

I have seen than some of the workflows are used in different projects, but i can't see the button to create a new one  :(.

Extended Project Administration is enabled (or it looks enabled)

And Jira version is v7.5.0

So, I don't know what else we can do :(.

Thanks so much!

Cristina

[Thomas Schlegel]

You can't create a new workflow. Extended project administration enables you to edit an existing workflow, if it is not shared with another project.

You have to ask your Jira Administrator to create a new workflow for you.

[Cristina Ramos]

Ok.

We have the administrator role but it's not enought?

Who is the real administrator, Project lead?

Thanks again.

[Thomas Schlegel]

No, the Jira administrator has nothing to do with a project role. You should see your admins on that page: 

http://<your-jira-url>/secure/ContactAdministrators!default.jspa