Fix Jira API Error: "You Do Not Have Permission to Share with Group" When Sharing Filters
Platform Notice: Cloud Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the cloud platform.
Summary
Sharing Jira filter with a user group via API fails with the error You do not have permission to share with the Group
✅ API to share filter permission: Add share permission
✅ API endpoint: https://<yoursitename>.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/filter/<filterID>/permission
POST /rest/api/3/filter/{id}/permission
{
"groupname": "jira-administrators",
"rights": 1,
"type": "group"
}Error message:
Diagnosis
When referring to the Add share permission page for the errors on APIs, a 400 error is returned when:
the request object is invalid. For example, it contains an invalid type, the ID does not match the type, or the project or group is not found.
the user does not own the filter.
the user does not have the required permissions.
If the error presents itself even after checking all the possibilities above, refer to this article for a solution.
Cause
The user who is executing this API is not added to the group.
Solution
Add the impacted user to the user group and re-execute the API request.
The details about sharing filter via UI is documented in Share a filter
To add users to a group, refer to the Add users page or follow the below steps:
Go to admin.atlassian.com. Select your organization if you have more than one.
Select Directory > Groups.
Select the group that you want to add the user to.
Select Add group members and search for the user/s you want to add.
Select Add users.
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