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This feature is restricted to Jira Administrators and Dashboard Folder Plugin AdministratorsFolders Administrator only

This is the main page to configure the Folders and the Dashboard within the Folders.

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Navigate to Dashboard Folders

  1. Click Settings → Issues on the top right hand corner

  2. Click Dashboard Folders under Dashboard Folders Configuration section on the left panel

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Alternatively, you can use the keyboard shortcut if you are Jira Administrator:

  1. Key 'g' + 'g' consecutively on any Jira page

  2. Type Dashboard Folders in the search box

  3. Click Dashboard Folders

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Dashboard Folders Page

The main Dashboard Folders page allows the admin to:

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Field

Description

Folder Name

The name of the Folder.

Folders will be displayed in the natural sort order of the Folder Name.

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Tip: try prefix the Folder Name with a number to order them differently

e.g. 1. General, 2. Teams, 3. Departments

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Viewers

This is the selected list of viewers that can view this Folder. 

Refer to Select Viewers field below on how to select the list of viewers.

For groups/project roles, click on the × icon on each label to remove the selected group/project role.

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Select Viewers

Select the permissible groups of user that can view this Folder. 

  • If a folder is not visible to a user, all it's sub-folders will also be hidden from the user

  • Visibility of the Dashboard in each Folder will still adhere to the viewer permission set on each Dashboard

  • A folder will not be shown to user if it has no visible Dashboard or sub-folders within it

Refer to the next table for the different types of Viewers.

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Type

Description

Private

  • This is the default type

  • Only Jira Administrators and Dashboard Folders Administrators can view

Public

  • This allows anyone to view the Folder, including users that are not logged in

    • For users not logged in: this is only applicable to Jira instance set to "Public" mode and the Folder contains Dashboard shared to the public

Logged in users

  • This allows any logged in user to view the Folder

Shared to Group/Project

  • This allows user in the selected group(s) and project role(s) to view the Folder

  • After selecting the group(s) or project role(s), click on "+ Add" button to add the selection to "Viewers"

  • For Dashboard Folders Administrators, they can only add/remove  

    • Group(s) that they belong to

    • Project(s) where they have browse or administrator permission for

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Manage Folder

From each Folder, administrator can edit the Dashboard within it.

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Field

Description

Dashboard

The Dashboard to be filled into the current Folder

Alias Name (Optional)

An alias name for the Dashboard within the current Folder

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This alias name will appear in the top menu bar Dashboards dropdown and also on the side bar when viewing a Dashboard

The Dashboard will be sorted automatically in natural order by alias name (if applicable) followed by Dashboard name

An alias name can help to:

  • simplify Dashboard name without changing the actual Dashboard name

  • promote generic Dashboards that are placed into multiple Folders using different alias name that are relevant to the Folder

  • reorder the Dashboard position – actual Dashboard name is shown in brackets

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Remarks (Optional)

Allows administrator to leave a short note to other administrators

This field has a character limit of 255 characters

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