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Granting permission to users
Global permissions
Permission | What you get by default |
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Jira Administrators permission |
| By default, Jira Administrators are not granted Tempo Rate Administrators permission (see below). However, Jira Administrators can grant themselves any type of Tempo administrative or user permission that they do not already have. | Jira Administrators | Administration cogwheel > System > SECURITY Global Permissions |
Browse Users permission | Permission to view lists of Jira user names and group names and to select users or groups from the lists. | Many users might require this permission. Examples
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Tempo Administrators permission | Permission to:
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Tempo Team Administrators permission |
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Tempo Account Administrators permission | Permission to:
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Tempo Rate Administrators permission | Permission to:
| Price rates are used for revenue reports and billing. | ||
Tempo Timesheets Access ( only in versions since 8.15, not available in earlier versions) | Permission to:
| All users in your organization are granted access by default. This permission can can be useful if there are users in your organization who may need to view tasks in Jira, but who are not required to log time. This permission does not restrict developers from using the Tempo REST APIs according to their permissions. |
Project permissions and roles
Permission or role | What you get by default |
| Who can give permission or role by default | Configuration location |
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Administer Projects permission | Within the context of a project, permission to edit:
| Jira Administrators | Projects > View All Projects > project name > Project Administration > Permissions | |
Browse Projects permission | Within the context of a project, permission to:
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Work On Issues permission |
| Troubleshooting tips
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View All Worklogs permission | Within the context of a project, permission to view all worklogs | Troubleshooting tip A possible reason why worklogs are not viewable is that users do not also have Browse Projects permission (see above). | ||
Log Work for Others permission | Within the context of a project, permission to log work on behalf of other Jira users who have permission to log work for the project | |||
Tempo Project Managers role | See notes > |
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| Projects > View All Projects > project name > Project Administration > Roles |
Team permissions and roles
Permission or role | What you get by default | Notes | Who can give permission or role by default | Configuration location |
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Tempo Team Administrators permission | See the 'Global permissions' table above. | |||
Team Lead role |
| The Team Lead role is not sufficient for moving employees between workload or holiday schemes or for changing the Team Lead. | Tempo Team Administrators | You can specify a Team Lead when you create a team: Tempo > TEAMS more > Create New Team or by configuring basic team information: Tempo > TEAMS more > team name > Configuration > Configure > Team Lead |
Team Member role |
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| Tempo > TEAMS more > team name > Configuration > Members |
Customized roles, such as Developer, Tester, or Scrum Master | See notes > | By default, Team Members are given the role name Member. However, you can give customized role names, such as Developer, Tester, or Scrum Master, to Team Members. When you customize role names, the permission that the Team Members have does not change. |
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Browse Team permission | Permission to:
| All Team Members automatically receive Browse Team permission for their own teams. | Tempo > TEAMS more > team name > Configuration > Permissions | |
Approve Timesheet permission |
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Plan Time permission | Permission to plan time for team members to work on projects, versions, components, and issues. |
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Customer and account permissions and roles
Permission or role | What you get by default | Notes | Who can give permission or role by default | Configuration location |
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Tempo Account Administrators permission | See the 'Global permissions' table above. | |||
Tempo Rate Administrators permission | See the 'Global permissions' table above. | |||
Account Lead role |
| Account Leads are not required to be users of Jira and Tempo Timesheets. |
| You can specify an Account Lead when you create an account: Tempo > ACCOUNTS more > Create Account or by configuring basic account information: Tempo > ACCOUNTS more > account name > Configuration > General > Lead |
Browse Customer Revenue permission | Permission to view the account revenue report and the time and expenses report for accounts that are associated with a customer. | Account Leads automatically receive Browse Customer Revenue permission for all customers. | Tempo > ACCOUNTS more > Manage > Customers > View Customer > Configuration |
Related topics
- Global configuration (Settings that affect the permissions of general users and of users with Approve Timesheet permission)
- Troubleshooting a No Access message
- Troubleshooting worklog editing