Is there a way to hide a board from certain viewers?

[Nivedita]

There are two boards in my Jira project. I would like to hide 1 of them from a certain set of users (say customers). 

Is this feasible in jira cloud?

[Ste Wright]

Hi @Nivedita 

Boards are visual representations of filters - so you can modify the filter permissions which will in turn restrict access to the board.

You'll need to be a Board Admin and the owner of the filter - then:

1. On your Board go to Options (3-dots icon in top-right) > Board Settings
2. Select General from the left-hand menu
3. Select "Edit Filter Shares"
4. Limit who can see the filter - for example, if your internal employees are in a user group, restrict it to just them. You can add user groupings using the drop-down boxes - and remove them using the trash icon next to existing share options.
5. When selecting a group - press "+ Add" first then press "Save" to confirm the action

^ As part of this, I would advise considering how you limit the view of issues. For example, hiding a board does not hide the project's issues from a user, these are controlled with project permissions.

If the aim is to hide both issues and boards, you might need to consider restricting who can access each project via permissions first - and then you could use project accessibility as the filter sharing on your board!

Let us know if you need any further help with project permissions :)

Ste

[Nagy_ Akos C_ _Nokia - HU_Budapest_]

The below article don't explain visibility of a KANBAN. Only if it can be used. I mean, it will still show in the list of boards for the project, if the related filter is not visible for the user?

[Nagy_ Akos C_ _Nokia - HU_Budapest_]

I also tried hiding some KANBAN boards, by giving no permission to anyone ("No shares"). And the KANBAN boards still show up in other users KANBAN board list. :-(

It was inconsistent, however. Some boards got hidden, some didn't from this other user. 

This other user was not admin of that board either. 

[Nagy_ Akos C_ _Nokia - HU_Budapest_]

This other user is administrator for this project. Maybe that's why that user sees these Filters/Boards?!

[Reshma Begum {Appfire}]

Hi @Nivedita ,

Please refer to this page https://confluence.atlassian.com/agile/jira-agile-resources/jira-agile-faq/how-to-restrict-the-access-to-jira-agile-scrum-board that explains how to restrict the access to JIRA Agile Scrum\kanban board.

Hope it helps!

Thanks,

Reshma