How do I add a default watcher in Jira project?

Go to your project page, select “settings”, then select “Autowatch Rules”; this will give you the ability to set up JQL, e.g. “project in (‘Project Demo’)” and select the users you want to have as automatic watchers.

How do I change the default view in Jira?

To do so, from the top Jira Navigation Menu, click on Structure | Manage Structures | Views (under Operations). There, you will be able to customize your View Settings: add Views, change the order of your views, as well as select the View which you wish to set as the Default for your structures on the Project Page.

How do you add watchers while creating issue?

Switch to Diagram mode, so the Create Issue transition is easily identifiable.

1. Click the Create Issue transition.
2. Click the Post Functions link on the transition pop-up.
3. Click “Add Post Function”
4. Select the “Copy Value From Other Field” Post Function and click “Add”

How do I add multiple watchers in Jira?

You can add multiple watchers on either the new or classic issue view – for each:

1. Classic View: Click the number next to Watchers and add more users.
2. New View: Select the eyeball in the upper-right corner and choose add watchers.

How do I manage watchers in Jira?

To manage the watchers of a page or blog post:

1. Go to the page or blog post for which you want to manage the watchers.
2. Choose Watch > Manage Watchers. The left-hand column of the ‘Manage Watchers’ dialog shows the users watching the page or blog post.
3. Do either of the following:

How do I set my Jira home?

The recommended methods for specifying the location of your JIRA home directory in JIRA are to:

1. Use the JIRA configuration tool to change the location of your JIRA home directory. Edit the jira-applications.properties file.
2. Set an environment variable in your operating system.

What are Jira issues?

What is an issue? In Jira, teams use issues to track individual pieces of work that must be completed. Depending on how your team uses Jira, an issue could represent a project task, a helpdesk ticket, a leave request form, etc.

Can we add watchers in Jira?

Go to the “Add Watchers” popup and click the number of watchers. This opens a dropdown. There you simply start typing the name of the watcher you’d like to add to this Jira issue. Select the watcher to add.

How do I bulk delete watchers in Jira?

Select Tools > Bulk Change. Select the issues you’d like to perform the bulk operation on, and select Next. Select Stop Watching Issues, and select Next. Review your bulk operation, and select Confirm when you are happy with the operation.

What is a watcher in Jira?

A Watcher is someone that will be given permissions for the Jira project. This generally isn’t a customer since they wouldn’t have access to your Jira system but only the Service Desk portal. A Requested Participant is someone being given permissions for the Jira Service Desk portal.

Where is the confluence watchers page?

What is a Watcher in Jira?

The watcher role explained A watcher on a Jira ticket is a person that should be involved in the process. In the course of a ticket it is the people that really need to see what is happening even if they don’t have anything to add.

How do I add watchers/participants to a field?

When selecting a field type, make sure to use either the User Picker (single user) or User Picker (multiple users). Optional: You can add default users to the field so they’re always added as Watchers/Participants or leave it with no default value so users can add the correct Watchers/Participants when creating the issue.

Why should I not add the default user as a Watcher?

If a user becomes a watcher, the user can get notifications on certain events, which are defined for watchers in the project notification scheme. That is why you should not add the default user as a watcher, you can create a new role and call it “Default Watchers”.

How do I send a letter to a Jira Watcher?

The most common way to do this is find the Jira notification e-mail and click the link inside it. On the right side under “People” you will see the label Watchers with a number and an image of a letter envelope to the right of it. Here you will click on the number. You will then be directed to another page with a text field.