-
Suggestion
-
Resolution: Won't Do
-
None
Problem Definition
"Enable Nested Group" is turned off in Atlassian Cloud platform. Atlassian Cloud customers would like to get this feature enabled as since Jira 4.3 release, the new user management has the ability to use nested groups.
It seems that the reason behind disabling this is that: there is a potential risk that Atlassian Cloud licence will not work properly with nested groups.
Suggested Solution
Implement nested group feature as implemented in Jira Server.
Workaround
Nested groups flattening via Cloud IdP - nested groups aren’t supported in Atlassian Cloud, but you can keep the nested structure in your external user directory and use the flattened one in Cloud. A flattener keeps proper group memberships by automatically recreating memberships from your nested structure in the flat structure, and then adding users to all the required groups.
Consider syncing groups via IdP that supports the feature - here’s a summary of how identity providers supported in Atlassian Cloud handle nested groups:
https://support.atlassian.com/migration/docs/prepare-nested-groups-for-cloud-migration/
For example, Azure AD supports nested groups:
If you'd like to use flattened nested groups with AzureAD, please can check Early Access Program for Nested groups flattening between Atlassian cloud and Azure AD
- relates to
-
CLOUD-4211 Adding a nested group shows a 500 page
-
- Closed
-
- mentioned in
-
Page Failed to load
-
Page Failed to load
-
Page Failed to load
-
Page Failed to load
-
Page Loading...
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
[ID-167] Support Nested Groups in Atlassian Cloud platform
Should be a basic feature.
Really need this, please consider implementing it!
I hope our votes/comments make you reconsider the decision regarding this feature.
Count me as another puzzled person as to why you won't do this.
The whole architecture for how groups are managed in the cloud doesn't seem sustainable for large organizations as there is no way for anyone but an ORG ADMIN to make group changes. And now you can't even leverage nested groups. Are you trying to make user management a nightmare?
It is a very much needed and basic functionality. Please reconsider and implement it.
@kdight Any update on this? You said "(...) we will look at easier ways to provide bulk group management via Atlassian Access." but then that was the last we heard about it. An update would be welcome. Thanks.
I echo what Romeo wrote above.. this is a helpful feature that makes user management much easier (from my standpoint).. any chance we can change the outlook on this functionality?