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App Scopes

Owned by Daniel Turczanski
Last updated: Aug 15, 2023 by Deborah Scott
1 min read

JQL Search Extensions for Jira requires various application scopes to function correctly.

Applications scopes give access to Jira data. The following list explains what scopes are required and why.

Scope name

Description

How the app uses the scope

Scope name

Description

How the app uses the scope

READ

View, browse, and read information from Jira.

  • reads issue fields

  • fetches fields configuration

  • performs searches

  • reads previously saved issues metadata

  • reads app’s metadata

WRITE

Create or edit content in Jira, but not delete content.

  • saves app’s metadata against an issue

  • saves app’s metadata

DELETE

Delete content in Jira.

  • deletes app’s metadata from an issue

  • deletes app’s metadata

ACT_AS_USER

Access content using the permissions of the user running the app.

  • performs search as a user (helps with security of data)

  • saves filter as a user

  • deletes user’s filter

ACCESS_EMAIL_ADDRESSES

Get the email addresses of users.

  • obtains email of a person that initiated a transactional action (e.g. triggered the Jira indexing)