How can I restrict a project so that a reporter can only see issues they have submitted, but no others?

[CHIMS IT]

In my a few of my companies' JIRA projects we would like to restrict the visibility so that end users (reporters of issues) can only see the issues they have submitted themselves, but no other issues within the project.

I have been looking through the permissions settings in JIRA, and I cannot find a simple way to accomplish this. Is this actually possible in JIRA?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

You need to do two things

1. Assuming you've been using the default permissions, you'll need to unpick them. Jira's default is to use the group "jira users" to say "can log in", but ALSO whack that into the role of "users" in every new project. You'll need to remove that group from every project (replacing it with other groups, or individuals as befits your permission schemes). OR, you can create a new group, whack every existing user into it and then go into Admin -> General permissions and swap it for "jira users"

2. Once you've done that, enable "reporter browse". It's off by default, whcih is why you've not seen it. See https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Current+Reporter+Browse+Project+Permission - Be careful though - you should ONLY use it in "Browse" in a permission scheme. For "comment", "edit", "log work" and the rest, it's fine to use the normal "Reporter".

[CHIMS IT]

Nic, this is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

[Dan Marshall]

If I want just a single project to "restrict a project so that a reporter can only see issues they have submitted, but no others?"...but leave every thing else in my Jira installation untouched - can I do this?

The instruction above seem to imply some global changes are required.

I'd rather isolate required changes to a single project.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Yes, you probably do need to make global changes - the defaults are generally set up to allow anyone who is a user to get into all the projects - you need to undo that.

[Dan Marshall]

Too bad - we were hoping to set up a "presonal to do" project with these characteristics.

Thanks for the quick reply.

[Accounting Go2Group]

You should be creating issue level security schemes for this project (https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+Issue-level+Security).

In a security level, add the reporter and all internal staff so that they can view the issue.

[Timothy]

You should be creating issue level security schemes for this project (https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+Issue-level+Security).

In a security level, add the reporter and all internal staff so that they can view the issue.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

This does rely on the users setting security correctly, or coding it to do it for them.

Atlassian use the "reporter browse" permission. It's easier and automatic.