Viewing the list of risk registers
The Risk registers page shows the risk registers that you can access in Jira. From this page, you can open a risk register, search for registers, review their scope and administrators, change their settings, delete registers, or create a new risk register.
Who can use this page? The registers available to you depend on your Jira permissions, the scope of each risk register, and whether you have been assigned as a risk register administrator. For more detail, see Application Permissions.
Open the Risk registers page
From the Jira navigation, select Apps.
Select Risk Register.
When you access Risk Register from a particular Jira space and only one risk register is associated with that space, Risk Register takes you directly to that register instead of displaying the list.
View your risk registers
Each risk register appears as a row in the list. By default, risk registers are listed alphabetically by name. You can sort the list by Name or Scope.
Column | Description |
|---|---|
Name | The name of the risk register. Select the name to open the register in its table view. See Use a Risk Table. |
Admin | The users who have been assigned as administrators of the risk register. |
Scope | The Jira space or saved filter that determines which work items can appear in the risk register. |
Actions | Provides access to the register's settings and, when permitted, the option to delete the register. |
Risk register scope
A risk register can be scoped to:
a Jira space
a saved Jira filter.
For a space-scoped risk register, the Scope column displays the space name and key, for example Finance Transformation (FIN).
For a filter-scoped risk register, the column displays the name of the saved filter.
Some risk registers created by earlier versions of the app may cover multiple spaces. These are displayed using the first space followed by the number of additional spaces, for example Finance (FIN) and 2 others.
Missing scope? If the space or saved filter used by a risk register no longer exists, the Scope column displays Underlying space not found or Underlying filter not found. Select the link in the message to review the risk register settings.
Search for a risk register
Use the search field above the list to find risk registers.
You can search by:
risk register name
space name
space key
saved filter name
administrator name.
Search is not case-sensitive and partial matches are supported.
For example, entering fin might find a register named Financial Risk, a register scoped to the Finance space, or a register administered by Alex Finch.
The counter beside the search field shows how many registers match your search, for example Showing 3 of 12 risk registers.
Select Clear in the search field to remove your search and show all available risk registers. If no registers match, Risk Register displays Nothing to show.
Create a risk register
You need the Create risk registers global permission and an active Risk Register licence to create risk registers.
A Jira administrator can grant the Create risk registers permission from Jira's Global permissions settings.
If you have permission, select Create a risk register at the top of the page. If you do not have permission, the button is not displayed. When there are no existing registers, you will see a message explaining that risk register creation is disabled. For step-by-step instructions, see Creating a risk register.
View risk register administrators
The Admin column displays the administrators assigned to each register.
If there is one administrator, their name and avatar are displayed.
If several administrators have been assigned, they are displayed as an avatar group.
Inactive Jira accounts are marked INACTIVE.
If an administrator account can no longer be found, the list displays Account "[account ID]" not found.
Jira administrators can select an administrator from this column to open the user's Jira profile.
Configure a risk register
Use the action at the end of a risk register's row to access its settings. The available action depends on your permissions.
Action label | Who sees it | What it allows |
|---|---|---|
Configure | Jira administrators and administrators of the risk register. | Opens the settings page so you can modify the register's configuration. |
Settings | Users who can view the register but do not administer it. | Opens the settings page in read-only mode for settings you are not permitted to change. |
For a full description of the available settings, see Configuring a risk register.
Delete a risk register
Jira administrators and administrators of a risk register can delete it.
Select More (•••) at the end of the row.
Select Delete.
Review the confirmation message.
Select Delete again.
Deleting a risk register is permanent. It removes the register configuration, but it does not delete the Jira work items containing the risks. Those risks remain in Jira and may continue to appear in other risk registers.
Select Cancel to close the confirmation without deleting the register.
Which risk registers can I see?
The Risk registers page does not necessarily show every register configured on the Jira site.
You can see a risk register when one of the following applies:
you are a Jira administrator
you are an administrator of the risk register
you have access to the Jira space used by a space-scoped register
you can access the saved filter used by a filter-scoped register.
For legacy registers that cover multiple spaces, you must have access to all of the spaces in the register. This means two Jira users can open Apps → Risk Register and see different lists of risk registers.
No risk registers are displayed
If there are no registers available to you, Risk Register displays No risk registers.
If you have permission to create risk registers, select Create a risk register.
If creation is disabled, contact a Jira administrator and ask them to grant you the Create risk registers global permission.