New JIRA (Cloud) PEOPLE vs. ROLES vs. GROUPS

[Deborah Genevro]

Since the new JIRA Experience, in project settings, I've noticed that we now have People instead of Roles.  Only a few project people are populated.  

Recognizing that Roles may be better for managing project permissions, my current reality is that my JIRA permissions are largely based on Groups.

I need to do a complete overhaul on my permission schemes and user groups.

Is "People" the same as the old JIRA "Roles"?

Is there a way to update all project roles across multiple projects at once?  I have 62 projects and the project roles are the same.

Also, how do I get a user into the project role?

Any help you can provide will be appreciated!

[Gabriel Senna · Accepted solution]

Hi Deborah,

Yes, people are the new area to add users to the project.
There you can add users, by clicking in the button "Add user" and there you will find a option to choose the role.
In the below documentation, there are more information, regarding to managing roles in the "People" option.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirasoftwarecloud/managing-project-role-memberships-764478255.html

About the bulk change of project roles, unfortunately, this option is not implemented yet.
There is a feature request open for this that you can access here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-44299

If you have any doubts regarding to the policy of implementation of new features, just access this link.
https://confluence.atlassian.com/support/implementation-of-new-features-policy-201294576.html