Groups Have More than 200 Users Warning Message in Group Browser

Platform Notice: Data Center Only - This article only applies to Atlassian products on the Data Center platform.

Note that this KB was created for the Data Center version of the product. Data Center KBs for non-Data-Center-specific features may also work for Server versions of the product, however they have not been tested. Support for Server* products ended on February 15th 2024. If you are running a Server product, you can visit the Atlassian Server end of support announcement to review your migration options.

*Except Fisheye and Crucible

Symptoms

The following warning appears in the Group Browser:

1 jira-users have more than 200 users. These group(s) have been limited to display the first 200 users only.

Cause

By default, JIRA will only allow maximum of 200 users shown per group.

Resolution

  1. Set the following in your jira-config.properties:

    1 2 3 # Controls the maximum number of users that will be displayed for a group when # managing user membership in bulk jira.usermanagement.maxdisplaymembers = 200
  2. Increase the maximum number for jira.usermanagement.maxdisplaymembers.

  3. Restart JIRA after the modification.

Updated on April 15, 2025

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