The Jira menu bar includes the Approval menu that provides the capability, for every user to perform a bulk approbation of any issue awaiting his own approval response.

Additionally, this menu allows the Approval Superusers (configured via the Approval Global Configuration screen), to perform the bulk approbation of any issue awaiting the approbation of any user.


(plus) Starting form Version 4.30 the bulk approbation of issues awaiting your approval can be performed also through the Jira's built-in search and bulk edit interface.

(plus) Starting form Version 4.36 the the bulk approbation of issues awaiting your approval as a delegated can be performed through the Jira's built-in search and bulk edit interface.

How to bulk approve own pending approvals

  • Navigate the Approval menu on your Jira menu bar and click Bulk Approve. 

The Bulk Approval window shows up.

The Bulk Approval window includes the following items:

    • User,  text box displaying the username of the logged user. The field is populated with the logged user username. The field cannot be updated.

           

    • Comment, text box allowing to add the Approval Comment on all approved approvals

    • Only notified requests, check box allowing to filter only the issues in myPendingNotifiedApproval()

    • Additional filters, text box allowing to filter the issues returned by a JQL clause

  •  Clicking on the Find issues button a message informs on issues satisfying the filter criteria




  • Clicking on the displayed number of issues, a window listing on the Jira search Navigator shows up. 
  • Click Approve in order to approve the issues satisfying the filter criteria massively. 

How Super Approvers can bulk approve issues on behalf of any user

  • Navigate the Approval menu on your Jira menu bar 
  • As a Super Approver, you are able to select an user via the picker window in order to approve on behalf of such  user
  • Click Find issues in order display the message informing on issues expecting selected user approbation
  • Cick Approve in order to approve on behalf of the selected user.


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