Manage Templates | Documentation

Global Templates vs. Project Templates

You can use global or project templates to print your issues. Managing and accessing the templates requires different permissions.

Access **template management** via “Print issue”

	Global Templates	Project Templates
Availability	available for all users	available for users with “Browse Project” permission of respective project
Administration	requires global Jira administrator permission	requires Jira or Project administrator permission of respective project Jira administrators must first grant project admins editing rights for Project Templates
Access	Print issue → Edit button on template global administration → Manage Apps → Issue Printer for Jira → Global Settings	Print issue → Edit button on template Project settings → Print Templates

Grant Project Admins Editing Rights for Project Templates

By default, Jira project admins are not allowed to edit Project Templates of Issue Printer. Since the template editor allows raw HTML editing, grant this permission only to trusted project admins. Jira administrators can enable Project Templates as follows:

Go to Global administration → Manage apps → Issue Printer for Jira → Global settings
Turn on the toggle Enable template access for Jira project admins

Allow Project Admins to edit templates

Create a new Template

You can create new templates by clicking the + button and then select Create. Please enter a name and select a design to start with.

Print Templates section in project configuration. A dropdown is open after clicking the plus button, with the 'Create' option highlighted. — Create **new template**

Create New Template dialog with 'Enter a name' text field, and a 'Start with' dropdown menu open showing 'Basic' as the selected option. The dialog includes 'Continue' and 'Cancel' buttons. — Enter **name** and **starting** design

Rename a Template

You may rename your template at any time. However, you cannot choose a name from an already existing template.

Copy a Template

You can copy templates by clicking the + button and then select Copy. After selecting a source project (this can also be the same project) you can select one or more templates to copy. If you select just one template to copy you may also enter a new name for the template. Otherwise, the template name is simply copied without any change.

Copy Template dialog. Description reads Choose project and template(s). The first dropdown allows selecting a single project. Below it, a multi-select dropdown for templates is open, with the option Black and White currently highlighted. The dialog includes Continue and Cancel buttons. — **Copy** a template

If you have already a template with the same name you will be asked to overwrite the existing template(s). To prevent your templates from being overwritten, rename or copy your templates first.

Set a Default Template

You can set one template as the default template for the project. The default template will be selected first when printing your issues. You can always change the template on the preview page.

Set the **default template** of a project

Delete a Template

You may also delete a template.

There is no trash so be careful. A deleted template cannot be recovered.