Permission for backlog sorting in GreenHopper?

[Doug Varn]

I'm curious if there is such a permission, esp with regards to the 6.x rapid boards. Can I prevent certain users from dragging the backlog items around, since in scrum theory, no one should ever do so but the product owner?

[Thomas Heidenreich · Accepted solution]

I can't tell you about 6.x at the moment, but in 5.x you needed the "schedule issue" permission to drag issues around on the planning board.

[Doug Varn]

Thanks, but not what I meant. I mean a way to prevent or allow some users from dragging stories around in the Plan area's backlog.

[Thomas Heidenreich]

I just tried it out (in 6.0.1) - this is exactly what you meant!

When users don't have the "Schedule Issue" permission they cannot drag things around on the planningboard/backlog - if they try, they get the message:

You do not have permission to rank issue 'TST-101' [ID: 31,070]. To rank an issue, you must have the schedule permission on that issue.

[Doug Varn]

Oh sorry ;)

You might be right, however, this permission seems above and beyond simply rearranging the backlog items:

Schedule Issues

Ability to view or edit an issue's due date.

I don't want to limit view/edit of an issue's due date, just the ability to drag/drop the backlog. I guess that's not an option, so I will experiment with the above permission. Thanks.

[Thomas Heidenreich]

In 5.x there was an option called "Scheduling Permission" (Use the Schedule Issues rather than the Resolve Issues permission for scheduling issues within GreenHopper), but I think this is gone in 6.x

And tying it to the resolve issue permission makes even less sense in my eyes...

ps: Could you kindly remove the negative vote above ;)

[Doug Varn]

It's still there, not sure applicable only to the now "Classic" boards or to the default (was "rapid board"). But either of those permissions prevent a user from doing a lot more than just backlog sorting.

Oh, and I have tried undoing the negative vote but I keep getting a "system error" prompt. I'll keep trying. Apologies..