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Vacation Manager internally uses also fourth group - Admins. This group can't be configured directly in plugin settings, as all admins are getting directly from your JIRA admin list.
Users Group
Main group for end users that can create new Vacation Documents (send new vacation requests).
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You can get more information for this group in Users Documentation section.
Supervisors Group
Group that users can send to Vacation Documents and accept/reject them.
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You can get more information for this group in Supervisors Documentation section.
HR Group
Users in human resources group can manage
HR can:
- add and edit Vacation Definitions (vacation days available) for users in User Group,
- add and edit new holidays and free days in calendar,
- view vacation statistics for any User, any Vacation Type and any Vacation Kind,Team
- view all Vacation Documents for every user,
- edit Vacation Documents for other users (but only before sending it to Supervisor and accepting/rejecting it),
- if HR user is also in Users Group - he can create new Vacation Documents for other Users,
- access HR Management Menu in Navigation Bar Menu and its functions,
- add/remove users in Users and/or Supervisors groups (this can be disabled by admin in Admin Configuration panel).
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You can get more information for this group in HR Documentation section.
Admins
Admin users that are also admins in your JIRA.
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- change configuration of plugin in Admin Configuration panel,
- add and remove Vacation Kinds Types in plugin.
You can get more information for this group in Admins Documentation section.
Technical details
Groups in Vacation Manager are connected to standard JIRA groups and are used in VACMAN Notification Scheme, VACMAN Permission Scheme and VACMAN Issue Security Scheme.
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