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Jama Connect User Guide

License types and permissions

Organization admins and user admins assign license types to users. They can also view the current license assigned to users, as well as assign users license types.

The type of license limits the possible permissions and roles that can be granted to a user. License types include creator, stakeholder, test runner, and reviewer.

Regardless of the assigned license type, each user has a unique login consisting of username and password.

Creator and reviewer licenses can be named licenses or float licenses; test runner licenses and stakeholder licenses are named only.

Types of licenses

License type

Definition

Named license

Float license

Creator

Gives full read and edit rights and full access to reviews to active users who daily manage items and projects.

X

X

Test runner

Gives basic permissions to read and review, as well as the ability to create test plans and defects, to execute test runs, and to add attachments to test runs during execution.

X

Stakeholder

Gives read-only privileges to those who need visibility into a project, but don’t need editing rights. Stakeholders can view items, provide comments, and act as reviewers.

X

Reviewer

Grants permission to participate in reviews, act as approver or review admin, and to respond to comments in the stream. Reviewers can't initiate reviews or access items in the core project.

X

X

Temporary

Grants non-licensed users with temporary 30-day access, so they can trial Jama Connect. This license is available only when a user is invited via email to a review or to comment in the stream. The only default permissions are for the discussion thread or review to which they were invited.

X

X

Collaborator (Legacy)

A legacy license; gives read-only privileges to users needing visibility into a project, but not editing rights. They can view items, provide comments, participate in (but not create) reviews, execute test runs, and log defects.

X

X

Permissions by license type

The type of license assigned to you defines your permissions, which in turn determine your ability to create and edit items and to access items as read-only.

With a creator license and read-only permissions to a project, you can:

  • Execute test runs

  • Log defects from the test run execution window

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* Permissions that are included with each license type.