Permissions
Mermaid Diagrams adds no permissions or roles of its own. Confluence and Jira permissions decide who sees and changes each diagram, and restricted pages and work items stay restricted.
Confluence
| Action | Permission needed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Install the app | Site admin or Confluence admin | - |
| See diagrams on a page | View the page | Guests and anonymous visitors too, where they can view the page |
| Open full screen, export, copy | View the page | No license needed |
| Insert a macro | Edit the page | - |
| Edit a diagram | Edit the page | Works from the published page, without entering edit mode |
| See Mermaid diagrams on this page | View the page | - |
| Turn code blocks into macros | Edit the page | The change is saved as a page version under your name |
Jira
| Action | Permission needed | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Install the app | Site admin or Jira admin | - |
| See diagrams in the panel | Permission to see the work item | Includes work items in Jira Service Management spaces |
| Open full screen, export, copy | Permission to see the work item | No license needed |
| Add the panel, edit its diagrams | Edit work items | - |
| Edit a Mermaid code block in the description | Edit work items | - |
| Edit a Mermaid code block in a comment | Edit own comments or Edit all comments | Cards you can't edit show Read-only |
License
Every editing action also needs an active license for the app. Viewing, full screen and export work without one. See Licensing.
Related
- Data security and privacy: the scopes the app asks Atlassian for, and why.
- Licensing: guests, anonymous viewers and expired licenses.
- I can't edit a diagram: when the Edit diagram button is missing.