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How to enable Didit in Jira projects globally

In order to allow non-admin users to harness the power of Didit - Checklists, you need to enable the app in their project(s). Project admins also have permission to do this in their project settings: Project settings > Apps > Checklist settings section.

With this global setting, Jira, Site, and Org admins can enable Didit in all projects if necessary. This works well in inital roll out scenarios, bulk management of projects, organizational governance situations, and migration/deployment strategies. If you have just installed the app and want to see how users will use it, enabling the app in all projects might be a great first move. If you know the app is getting used specifically in a few projects, but the rest of the projects won’t be interested, you could try setting the visibility to “On demand.”

Enabling projects

If you don’t have Jira admin permission, you can also enable Didit - Checklists in project settings.

  1. Jira with the settings cog menu expanded and the Apps button highlighted.
    Jira with the settings cog menu expanded and the Apps button highlighted.

  2. Choose Enabled Projects under “Didit - Checklists” in the left sidebar.

    The manage apps section in Jira with an arrow to the Enabled Projects button in the Didit settings.
    The manage apps section in Jira with an arrow to the Enabled Projects button in the Didit settings.

  3. At the top of this page, you can set the default visibility for newly created projects. Didit project visibility has three states: Always, On demand, and Deactivated. You can find explanations in the screenshot below.

    The checklist project visibility page in the Didit global settings.
    The checklist project visibility page in the Didit global settings.

  4. Below the default visibility settings, you can set each project’s visibility state. If nothing is selected, the checklist visibility state will be set to “Always.”

    The checklist project visibility page with the checklists state column highlighted.
    The checklist project visibility page with the checklists state column highlighted.

FAQ

Does the global setting override the project administration setting?
How can I enable Didit in all projects of a certain type (i.e software)?
What if no options are selected? All are grey.

Visibility states explained

There are three visibility states for projects. Find a brief explanation of all three below:

Visibility StateExplanation
AlwaysEither an empty or a default checklist is displayed in a Jira issue at all times.
On DemandThe checklist panel is collapsed. It can be expanded by clicking the app icon at the top of a Jira issue. It will also show if a checklist is assigned to that issue.
DeactivatedNo checklists will be available in Jira issues for this project. This means even the default checklists will be disabled.

Link to this page: https://seibert.biz/diditenablejiraprojects