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Michael_Bannen January 4, 2017

Hello,

We have JIRA for the Cloud and are wondering if we can limit the creation of and Epic type to only a certain group?

Thank you

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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January 4, 2017

Similar discussion was had yesterday - see https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/45948115

Oleksandr Shatov June 16, 2020

Thanks!

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Michael_Bannen January 4, 2017

I'm not sure they answer my question because in the response,"In the post-function of the "create" transition of the issue workflow you can add validations to check if the user belongs to the group which can create the task issues or vice-versa"  The way permissions are broken down is if a person can create an issue type, he can create ALL issue types including Epics.  We want to limit a group to create all BUT Epics. If this can happen "out of the box" then fine but if programming or scripting is involved then it might not be a viable solution for us.

Please advise.

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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Yes, that's the point of the answer.  Off the shelf, you can't configure this - if a user can create, they can create.  But you can set up a workflow that fails a validator and hence stops someone creating a certain type. 

Michael_Bannen January 4, 2017

Which validator checks the issue type against a group?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-
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There aren't any.  What you want is to check that the user matches a group.  I don't know if there are validators available on Cloud that can do that.

Deepali Bagul May 7, 2018

Thanks @Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

I use the validator user in the field (reporter) should be at least in one of the project roles (admin, PM) on the create issue . It worked for jira server.

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Ulrich Agricola April 1, 2019

[Jira Software v7.5.3]

Hi all,

looks like this is exactly what I need!

As far as I understand, the settings need to be done in "Project settings - Issue types - Epic", then edit the transition "create" in epics workflow.

Unfortunately I cannot find any corresponding setting neither in "Validators" nor "Post Functions".  Validators only allow:

  • Category is not Empty
  • File Uploader is User
  • File Uploader is in Group
  • File Uploader is in Project Role
  • Issue Matches Structure Query
  • Permission Validator
  • User Permission Validator
  • Verify Number of Attachments in Category

I tried "Issue Matches Structure Query", but cannot lay hold on reporters role with a query ...

Could you please explain, which setting you used to achieve e.g. only jira-administrators can create epics?

Many thanks in advance

Regards
Uli

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