Group Alias Picker
Introduction
Group Alias Picker allows Jira administrators to define alias name for Jira Groups.
This allows end users to select Jira groups:
without having browse user permission
that can be used for permission control and notification
from a subset list with context relevant group names
that can be used for reporting
Possible Use Cases
Understandable group name
Alias name can be given to Jira group names that has technical or confusing naming convention, especially for groups synced from active directories and used by other applications
Managing list of Jira groups for selection
Admin is able to reduce the selection to only relevant groups
Search for group across different context
Users are able to search for alias group name across different projects that represents different underlying Jira groups, e.g. Jira group name: <Country Code>-level-1-support, Alias name: Level 1 Support
Browse User permission
Users can select group without having the Jira Browse User permission
Features
Group Alias Picker Field
Only Jira groups mapped to an alias name will be selectable.
Admin can also define the same alias name in the same field across different context.
Alias/Group name searching
User can search by Alias or the underlying Jira group name.
Comparison
Difference between using Jira group picker, Jira select field and Group alias picker:
Feature | Group Picker | Jira Select Field | Group Alias Picker |
Define an alias for the group name | ✓ | ||
Filter the options for selection | ✓ | ✓ | |
Does not require browse user permissions | ✓ | ✓ | |
Appear in the People section in the issue view | ✓ |
| ✓ |
Used in notification schemes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Used in permission schemes | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
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