Permission Comparison for Default Roles
The following table provides a comparison of the permissions that are assigned by default to the default roles in YouTrack.
Use this information to determine whether you can use a default role to grant access to users or groups or need to create a new role with a custom set of permissions.
Entity | Permission | System Admin | Project Admin | Contributor | Issue Creator | Observer | Issue Reader |
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Article | Create Article |
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Delete Article |
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Read Article |
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Update Article |
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Article Comment | Create Article Comment |
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Delete Article Comment |
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Read Article Comment |
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Update Article Comment |
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Issue | Apply Commands Silently |
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Create Issue |
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Delete Issue |
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Link Issues |
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Override Visibility Restrictions |
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Read Issue |
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Read Issue Private Fields |
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Update Issue |
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Update Issue Private Fields |
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Update Watchers |
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View Voters |
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View Watchers |
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Issue Attachment | Add Attachment |
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Delete Attachment |
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Update Attachment |
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Issue Comment | Create Issue Comment |
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Delete Issue Comment |
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Delete Not Own and Permanent Comment Delete |
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Read Issue Comment |
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Update Issue Comment |
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Update Not Own Issue Comment |
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Issue Work Item | Create Not Own Work Item |
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Create Work Item |
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Read Work Item |
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Update Not Own Work Item |
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Update Work Item |
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Report | Create Report |
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Read Report |
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Share Report |
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Watch Folder | Create Tag or Saved Search |
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Delete Tag or Saved Search |
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Edit Tag or Saved Search |
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Share Tag, Saved Search, Agile Board, or Gantt Chart |
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System | Low-level Admin Read |
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Low-level Admin Write |
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Project | Create Project |
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Delete Project |
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Read Project Full |
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Read Project Basic |
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Update Project |
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Role | Manage Role |
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Read Role |
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User | Create User |
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Delete User |
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Read User Full |
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Read User Basic |
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Update Self |
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Update User |
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Group | Create Group |
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Delete Group |
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Read Group |
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Update Group |
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Organization | Create Organization |
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Delete Organization |
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Read Organization |
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Update Organization |
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