Can a role be created with default members and automatically added to all projects?

[Brian Spence]

I want to add a new Role, and I want a user group to be a default member of that role.  So I do the following:

1. I create the Role
2. I go to "Manage Default Members" for the role and add the Group as the default member.
3. I go to the project and view it's roles.  It's not listed for the project.

I can add a user to it, and it will then show up for the project, but I'd rather not have to do that when I'm pushing a new Role with default members out to the 80+ projects I'm managing.

I'm running an older version of JIRA server, so really, really hoping to hear there's a solution in 8.x or later.  And really hoping to NOT hear "there's an Add-On (paid) for that!"

[Florian · Accepted solution]

No that is not possible with roles. Roles can be seen as project specific groups. 

When you want a specific group of people to have some permissions in all projects (with the same permission scheme) then simply create a group and grant all permissions needed to that group. 

I think in the end it‘s the same result. Just the terminology is a little different. 

[Brian Spence]

Thanks, that's what I suspected.  A layer deeper in my goal is that I wanted the permission tied to the role and not the group, so my project leads can respond to all permission needs just by updating their project roles.  This specific permission was a role condition on a workflow transition, not a regular JIRA Permission, so I can't address it via the Permission Scheme.

[Florian]

You can also put groups in roles. This allows you to do a quick setup and your project admins to remove the group and replace it with actual users. 

[John Funk]

Hi Brian,

What you did is correct, but it is only going to apply to new projects that get created. I would leave the Permission Scheme pointing to the Project Role and then place the group in the project role. 

But you will have to update existing projects manually to use the group. 

[Brian Spence]

Thank you for your response!