By default, the permissions allowing define approvals for a specific issue are granted to JIRA System Administrators, project lead, users in the group jira-administrators and in the project role administrator.
The permission configurations for the selected projects/issue types overwrite the default permission setting.
To configure permissions allowing to Define Approvals for a specific issue belonging to the selected project/issue type, follow the steps below.
| 1 | Navigate on the Define Approval Administration screen. |
Define Approval Administration tab |
| 2 | Select the Project and the Issue type and click Add Permissions. |
Define Approval Administration screen |
| 3 | Configure Permissions by selecting one/more users, groups, project roles and/or by checking the Reporter, Assignee and the Project Lead boxes. Click Save to maintain changes. |
Permissions configuration screen |
