The Filters tab displays a list of all of the filters that have been created in your Jira instance. It also displays the owner of each filter and its level of visibility. This is another area that grows out of control quickly because each user tends to create several filters for various purposes. For example, if you have (10) users and each user creates (10) filters, you have (100) filters in your instance. Now imagine (500) users generating that kind of volume of filters.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: The list of filters on this tab only displays filters that the Jira Administrator has access too, so the administrator must either own the filter, be a part of the project the filter is shared with or belong to the group the filter is shared with. Public filters are included in the listing as well as any filters that are shared with public-based projects. |
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