As with notification schemes, Jira offers you a range of options for specifying which users should have certain permissions. You can specify users through some of the most common options, such as groups, but you also have some advanced options, such as using users specified in a custom field.

Again, you have two options to grant permissions to a user. You can add them to specific permissions or multiple permissions at once. Both options will present you with the same interface and there is no difference between the two:

1. Browse to the Edit Permissions page for the permission scheme you wish to configure.
2. Click on the Grant permission button or the Edit link for a specific permission.
3. Select the permissions you wish to grant to the user.
4. Select the User option to specify whom to grant the permission to. Click on the Show more link to see more options.
5. Click on the Grant button to grant the selected permission.

Permission options, such as User Custom Field Value, are a very flexible way to allow end users to control access. For example, you could have a custom field called Editors, and set up your Edit Issues permission to allow only users specified in the custom field to be able to edit issues.

The custom field does not have to be placed on the usual view/edit screens for the permission to be applied. For example, you can have the custom field appear on a workflow transition called Submit to Manager; once the user has selected the manager, only the manager will have permission to edit the issue.