What access/permissions are needed for adding custom fields etc

[Sadie Armstrong]

Hi

Me and a colleague are both working on a project, however one of us can add custom fields and edit screens etc, the other cant and we appear to have the same access...any idea what the issue could be?

[Pete Singleton]

To add custom fields, you need to be a Jira Administrator.  This is a global permission, which is usually granted to a particular user group (by default "jira-administrators").

Depending on your Jira version, you may be able to edit screens to add/remove existing fields if you are an Administrator of that Jira project.