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Administration Portlet

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Overview

The Administration portlet displays quick links to administrative functions conveniently on the dashboard. This portlet is for people who have the 'JIRA Administrators' or the 'JIRA System Administrators' global permission.

Adding Portlet to Dashboard

  1. Navigate to the dashboard configuration page.
  2. Select the 'Administration' portlet.
  3. Click 'Add'.
  4. The portlet can be positioned on the dashboard through the dashboard configuration page.

Dashboard Display

The 'Administration' portlet should appear as follows on the dashboard:

Administration Portlet on Dashboard

Note: if you only have the 'JIRA Administrators' permission (and not the 'JIRA System Administrators' permission), the following words will not be links: 'Restore', 'Backup' and 'License: view details'.

Further information on all JIRA portlets is available here.