Differentiate report and jira admins

This article explains the difference between the admin designations.

Report owner

A user who created a report or was assigned as its sole owner can:

1. Modify the report’s content and source

2. Change its sharing type (the available sharing types are described in a related article)

3. Add or remove report admins

4. Delete or archive the report

Report admin

A user designated as a report admin can perform the same actions as the report owner, except deleting the report.

Report admin access is useful when a report needs to be updated, regardless of the owner's availability. For example, a report admin can:

• Update the report's source, slices, progress indicators, or other settings.

• Add or remove users or user groups for limited or private reports.

• Add or remove other report admins.

Project admin

A user with Project admin permissions can disable the Pivot Report button for an entire project or for specific issue types. Although this button can be hidden from the project navigation within the Board, a Pivot Report can still be created through Board actions.

Jira system admin

A user with Jira System admin (Jira admin) permission can perform all the actions listed above and can also make the following changes:

• Set default Time Zone settings for all reports, as explained in a related article.

• Set default slice and progress indicator settings.

• Restrict users or user groups from accessing the Pivot Report app, Public reports, and the Worklogs tab.

• Define default hierarchy levels.

• Exclude specific custom fields from reports, as shown in a related article.

• Transfer report ownership, as shown in a separate articled.

• Delete or transfer ownership of a calendar.

• Archive or delete any report.

Jira admin access is useful when changes occur in your organization’s Jira environment, for example:

• When a report owner needs to be reassigned

• When Time Zone settings must be updated after part of the team relocates internationally

• When a client needs access to Jira and to specific private or limited-access reports (the available sharing types are described in a related article)

Along with admin permissions, other factors can affect your access to a report, as described in a separate article. A Jira admin can check whether a user has the required Jira and App permissions to view the full report, including access to the issue, filter, and any other report sources.