Project access
The Project access tab is the mirror image of User access: pick a project to see who can access it, and how — every group and user with access, the permissions and roles they hold, and which of them can administer the project. It's the fastest way to answer “who can administer project X?”
Selecting a project lists every principal with access, how many permissions each
holds, whether they can administer the project, and the exact group or role that grants it.
How to use it
- Type a project name or key into Find a project by name or key and select Search — or Show all to browse.
- Select View access on the project you want.
- Read the summary and the principals table (below). Select any column heading to sort. Use Show all N permissions to expand a principal's full grant list, and Export CSV/JSON to save it as review evidence.
Reading the results
- Summary — e.g. “3 groups and 1 user have project-level access to “Platform” — 2 can administer it.” It also shows the project's permission scheme and an Open project permissions link straight to that page in Jira.
- Principals with access — a sortable table:
- Principal / Type — the group or user, and which it is.
- Permissions — how many distinct permissions they hold.
- Administer — “Yes” if they can administer the project (the headline answer for an access review), “—” otherwise.
- Granted via — each permission with the group, role, or direct grant that confers it, plus any role memberships.
- Other grants — permissions given to special holders rather than a named group or user (the project lead, the current assignee/reporter, “any logged-in user”, or anyone). These are listed separately because they can't be resolved to a specific person.
One thing this view can't see
Access via issue-security levels or global permissions isn't readable by a privacy-safe app, so it isn't reflected here. Check those in Jira if they're relevant to the project you're reviewing.