Cannot determine way to edit Jira System Dashboard.

Jorge Gustavson January 30, 2018

Just started using Jira cloud. Still working with example projects created in my cloud instance at startup. 

I cannot find ANY way to edit my System Dashboard. In the Manage Dashboards listing, the ... (more) button for the System Dashboard only contains a Copy option. When I display the System Dashboard, the ... more button at the top right does not include an Edit option or anything similar to it.

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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January 30, 2018

Log in as a Jira Admin.  Go to Admin -> System Dashboard (use the . option to search if you can't find it)

Jorge Gustavson January 30, 2018

Ok, I figured out that "Go to Admin" means to select "Site Administration" from the app selector button on the left nav bar/panel, and then to click on "Application Settings / JIRA" and then to click on "User Interface / System Dashboard". That isn't quite what you advised me to do, but it gave me enough of a hint to get me there.

It would  have been so much easier if I had simply had an EDIT menu item appear on the system dashboard MORE widget because of my Admin privileges. Is there a way to feed this back to the developers?

Thanks for your hint!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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January 30, 2018

It varies by system, and "site admin" is different to "jira admin", so we now have to be quite vague about it, or write a long set of "if then else" statements.

I agree there should be a quick-link to it in the menu when you've got admin.  Not really thought about it before, but you are right.  I'd follow https://support.atlassian.com/contact down the "suggestion" route.  I couldn't find a suggestion for it that exists already.

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