Multiple filter owners

[Richard Lucas]

Before I commit the following as a new feature request I just want to be sure if this really isn't possible yet.

In our project we have lots of shared filters. The problem here is that the filters have only one owner. When the onwer is on vacation or otherwise absent and the filter should be altered to reflect the current status of our project, then it seems only someone with administrator rights can do so. We don't really want to give more people administrator rights so what we really want is to assign multiple owners to the shared filters. 

Is this already possible? Else I'll just add this as a feature request.

[Richard Lucas · Accepted solution]

As mentioned there are work-arounds (thanks for sharing) but to just close this question: the answer is 'No you can't'. 

There already is a feature request for it.

[John Gill]

5 years down, 5 to go, maybe someday they'll have the feature that is 100% intuitive. 

[Gonchik Tsymzhitov]

That's covered by 7.12 release

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftware/jira-software-7-12-x-release-notes-953676636.html

[lclar1@amfam.com]

Is this for Server only? Or Cloud as well?

[Bryan P. Stewart]

I think it is for Server only, as I do not see it on my Cloud version.  That is really too bad.

[Gonchik Tsymzhitov]

for on-premises solutions.

[Pilar]

Hi Richard

Filters cannot have multiple owners. It can only have one owner. But i can propose some workarounds for you.

1. If filter is shared with you, you cannot edit it but you can surely view its JQL. So, if the owner is on leave, you can always create another filter (with you as oener) and add your changes to reflect the correct status.
2. Owner of the filter can be made to a shared account which is shared within the team. This way you remove the dependency.

I do not agree with your point that when filter owner is on leave administrators can edit it. No one other than filter owner can edit a filter.

If administrator is unblocking you here, then he is doing  something else and not editing someone else's filter.

Pilar

[Richard Lucas]

Well. As an administrator you can change the owner (see: [https://confluence.atlassian.com/jira/jira-administrator-s-guide/configuring-global-settings/managing-shared-filters]) of the shared filter temporarily to change it and then set it back to its original owner.

[Equipe Technique]

You have a other solution, 

create the new filter.

call your JIRA database administrator for identify your new filter ID and change the subscription in the FILTERSUBCRIPTION table (you will find in this table the assocaition between shared filters and users which have subscribed on them). 

Laurent

[Richard Lucas]

If I understand this correctly, this solution will only move the problem to the one who made the new filter.

[MattS]

Not a good idea changing the DB directly while JIRA is running

[Błażej O_]

EDIT: As of version 7.12 filters can have multiple owners.

Original answer:

Unfortunately there is no such possibility. I guess the problem is there are things dependant on your filters (like gadgets or boards) so you excplicitly need to edit the filter, not to create new. There are however few poor workarounds:

1. You may ask your administrator to install a "Script Runner" plugin, and use a predefined script "Change filter or dashboard ownership" when needed. However be aware that any day now it will become a paid plugin. Still, really worth the price. Con: you have to ask administrator each time you want to change the owner of the filter.

2. Create one shared user account just to create filters and give login and password to anyone who is supposed to create filters. That is a really unsafe way to achieve your goal, but it would work. Con: you have no control over access to the account - every person that will get the login/password can log to your instance.