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Last updated Feb 7, 2024

Options visibility

Learn how to restrict the visibility of fields’ options in request types.

Configuration

The Options tab of the Visibility configuration gives you a possibility to show the fields’ options only to selected groups of users on the Customer Portal.

Steps

Info

Before you start configuration, remember to add all the fields that are relevant to your project to the project’s issue screen and request types. You can check your current settings by accessing Project Settings > Request Types > Edit fields > Add a field.

  1. Choose Projects from the main navigation bar.
  2. Choose the service project you want to configure.
Extension for Jira Service Management - Request Types visibility on the Customer Portal
Extension for Jira Service Management - Request Types visibility on the Customer Portal
  1. Navigate to Project settings > Visibility in the Extension for Jira Service Management section.
  2. Go to the Options tab.
  3. Click Add.
Adding options visibility with Extension for Jira Service Management on the request form on the Customer Portal
Adding options visibility with Extension for Jira Service Management on the request form on the Customer Portal
  1. Select Request type for which your configuration will be applied on the Customer Portal.
  2. Choose Field for which you want to determine options.
  3. Select Options to be visible for the Customer Portal users.
Note

The visibility options that aren’t selected in the configuration will be visible to all users.

  1. Select Groups of users for which the selected fields’ options will be visible on the Customer Portal.

  2. Click Save.

    Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility
    Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility

Result

Your configuration of the Options visibility is added to the list. Only the users who belong to the selected user group will see the chosen Options in requests displayed on the Customer Portal.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility configured
Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility configured
Info

It’s possible to edit or delete your configuration any time by using Actions. Click the Pen icon to edit a particular configuration of Options or use the Bin icon to delete the configuration.

Options visibility example

Below you can see the exemplary configuration of the Options visibility in which the Administrator option is visible only to the jira-support group so that customers can’t accidentally request resetting the administrators’ passwords.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Example configuration
Extension for Jira Service Management - Example configuration

For the Customer Portal users who belong to the jira-support group the field’s Option is visible.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility example
Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility example

For the Customer Portal users who don’t belong to the jira-support group the field’s Option visibility is restricted.

Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility example
Extension for Jira Service Management - Options visibility example
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