The Define Approvals button is available for users having the necessary permission on the specific projects/issue type. See how to Define Approval Administration for further details.

The Approvals configured via the Define Approvals screen are enabled for the specific issue only and overwrite, if existing, the configured overall Approval Mappings.

1

Navigate to the issue view to customize the required approvals for the specific issue.

Issue View screen

2Click on the Define Approval button to display the issue's Define Approvals screen.

Define Approval screen

3

Select a workflow transition, drag and drop all desired Approvals from the Available Approvals to the Requested Approvals column.

You can remove an Approval by dragging it from the Requested Approvals to the Available Approvals column.

 



Define Approval screen

4

Check AWT box to allow automatic workflow transitioning when all the required approval requests have been approved.

This action is allowed if at least an approval has been configured toward the considered transition.


Define Approval screen - AWT check box

5

 Check ARN box to allow automatic email notification.

This action is allowed if at least an approval has been configured toward the considered transition.


Define Approval screen - ARN check box

6

Check NAC box to allow notification and approval via comments.

This action is allowed if at least an approval has been configured toward the considered transition.


Define Approval screen - NAC check box

7

Click the Edit icon to manage the Minimun Requested Approvals (MRA) Configuration.

 

Define Approval screen - Edit MRA

8

Select a Conditional Rule if you need that approvals are required only when the specified condition is satisfied.

This action is allowed if at least an approval has been configured toward the considered transition.


Define Approval screen

9

Click on Save and Close.

When updating one of the defined Required Approvals for a transition the 'Cancel' button is disabled and applied changes cannot be undone.


 

Define Approval screen

It's not allowed to define approvals for an issues configured toward the default JIRA workflow.

When the workflow associated to the issue is the default JIRA workflow, the Define Approvals button is not displayed.

By default, the permissions allowing to 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 a specific project/issue type, follow the Define Approval Administration guide.