Create and edit a project

As a Jira administrator, you can create spaces for all Jira apps that have been added to your site. To create company-managed spaces, you must have the Administer Jira global permissions. Jira admins create and manage company-managed spaces using schemes.

  • To create team-managed spaces, you must have the Create team-managed spaces global permission. How to create a team-managed project

  • You can view, delete, or move a Jira space to trash only if you have access to that app. For example, you'll need Jira Service Management app access to work in a service space

To create a company-managed space:

  1. Choose Settings (), then Spaces.

  2. Select Create space.

  3. Select Company-managed space.

  4. Give your space a name.

  5. To change your space template, select Change under Template. Then, select one of the available space templates (e.g. scrum software development). 

    Space templates appear based on the Jira apps you have subscribed to. For example, if you subscribe to Jira Service Management, you can create spaces using the IT service desk and Customer service desk templates.

    You can also create a space with a shared configuration to use the permissions, workflows, work types and other schemes from an existing space.

    You can also import a space and its work items from other tools. See Migrating from other work item trackers for more info.

  6. Once you select a space type or an existing space for shared configuration, click Create.

    If you're creating a space using a template related to a Jira app you currently do not have access to, Jira will display a checkbox that will allow you to grant yourself access to that app. This will add you to the default group of that app, and you will count as a user for that license.

  • You can't edit space permissions or roles on the Free plan for Jira, and you can't configure work-level security on any Free plan (including Jira Service Management). Find out more about how project permissions work in Free plans. To take advantage of Jira's powerful space permission management features, upgrade your plan.

  • If you're creating a space using a template related to a Jira app you currently do not have access to, Jira will display a checkbox that will allow you to grant yourself access to that app. This will add you to the default group of that app, and you will count as a user for that license.

  • Organization admins and authorized Guard Detect admins can see space titles in audit logs and security alerts. They won’t be able to see space content, just the title.

Edit a space

See Editing a project's details for more information.

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