What are rule details in Atlassian Automation?
When creating an automation rule, you can also select Rule details to modify various options. This page outlines the different rule details you can edit and what they mean.
Before we begin
To manage automation rules in a Jira or Confluence space, you must be an admin of that space.
To manage automation rules across a Jira or Confluence instance, you must be a Jira or Confluence app admin.
What are the rule details?
Name
What the rule is called. This is how you’ll identify your rule in the rules list or audit log.
Description
A longer description for your automation rule, in case you need more information than the name field provides.
Scope
This will impact where your rule can make changes. Scope can only be set at the Global level by a Jira or Confluence app admin.
In Jira automation, the possible scopes are:
Space:
Single space: Rule will run in a specific space.
Multi-space: Rule will run across several spaces of your choosing.
Space type: Rule will run across all spaces of a specific type (i.e. software, service, or business).
Global: Rule will run across all Jira spaces in that Jira instance.
Team:
Single team: Rule will run only for a specific team. Only teams with Operations set up can be selected. Read more about Operations teams
Multi-team: Rule will run across several teams of your choosing. Only teams with Operations set up can be selected. Read more about Operations teams
In Confluence automation, the possible scopes are:
Single space: Rule will run in a specific space.
Multi-space: Rule will run across several spaces of your choosing.
Global: Rule will run across all Confluence spaces in that Confluence instance.
Allow rule trigger
If selected, your rule can be triggered by other automation rules. For example, if your rule triggers when a work item is created, then all rules that create a work item will trigger your rule.
Notify on error
Choose how often the rule owner is notified by email.
Owner
By default, this is the person who creates the rule. If a rule runs and results in an error, the owner will be notified by email.
Actor
Changes performed by your rule will be seen as being made by the rule actor.
Who can edit this rule
Choose who can manage this rule. Possible options are:
Private: Only the rule owner can edit the rule.
Specific admins: Choose one or more admins who can edit the rule.
All admins: All admins in the space can edit the rule, as well as all app admins.
Note that site admins will always be able to edit your rules, regardless of which option you choose.
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