Permission to view backlog

[Seth Frumkin]

Hi I was wondering if someone could let me know if I can restrict a user from being able to see project backlog?  If so, how?

[Seth Frumkin]

Thanks for the quick reply.  Basically I only want each user to see the Kanban board for a project.  I don't want them to have access to click on the backlog and see everything there.

[Marc Taylor]

Can I clarify your question? Do you want to allow users access to a project but hide issues when they are assigned to a specific status in the workflow or kanban lane  (in your case, backlog?)?  

To my knowledge there isn't a way to do this but someone more experienced may be able to help. 

[Joe Pitt]

You could apply an issue security scheme to the backlog issues to restrict access. 

[Seth Frumkin]

Great thank you.  How would I do that?

[Joe Pitt]

Look at the documentation. I rarely use them except to restrict reporters to only see their issues.  You'd need to apply the scheme when you move them to the backlog. 

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/configuring-issue-level-security-776636711.html 

[Seth Frumkin]

Thank you!  So does that mean there's no way to set a "default" scheme for a project so that each user can only view the issues assigned to them?  Each issue would have to manually be added to this scheme when created?

[Joe Pitt]

The project can be setup with a default. The problem with assignee only is then no one will be able to see the whole picture. You could have assignee and a project role.