whats the difference between adding an individual user to a project role VS adding them to a group ?

[sn]

hi,

when i create a project and add users to project admin roles( individually) , they coudn't access some functions. but when i added them to a group "Project Admin" then they can access.

i'm new to admin and unable to understand by looking at our groups and schemes.

any input is appreciated.

thanks

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Users and groups in projects are only part of what you need to look at.

You need to cross-reference this with the permission scheme for the project.  This will say things like "project lead and role X can admin the project", "role Y can edit issues", "role Z can create issues", "everyone in group jira-developers can see the issues". 

Once you understand that, you'll be able to look at who is in what role in the project to work out what rights they get.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Maybe the group is used directly in the permission schemes. Check your project's permission scheme to be sure.

Roles/Groups/Users can all be used in various schemes.

[josh]

The way I like to use all of these pieces is to use mostly Project Roles (and the project lead) in Permission Schemes. I put groups as project role members on the appropriate projects. I set project role defaults so these are propagated to all new projects.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

That is the recommended way for sure. But so many instances end up adding groups directly in schemes, sometimes due to valid use cases.