Frequently Asked Questions
Use Risk Register to: record risks, assess likelihood and impact, assign ownership, link treatment work and report on risk exposure through registers, matrices and dashboard views.
What you can do with Risk Register
Record project, product and organisational risks in Jira.
Assess risk magnitude using configurable probability and impact values.
Assign risks and treatment actions to responsible team members.
Collaborate through Jira comments, workflow status and linked work items.
Monitor risk exposure using the Risk Register and Risk Matrix views.
Compare inherent risk and residual risk to understand treatment effectiveness over time.
Create registers from a Jira project or from a saved filter that you define.
Designed for Jira teams
Risk Register builds on Jira’s existing strengths, including issue tracking, workflow management, ownership, history and reporting, so teams can manage risks without moving to a separate system.
Need help?
Explore the topics below for more information and detailed guidance.
- How can I monitor closed risks?
- How do I embed a risk matrix in a Confluence page?
- How do I export risks into MS Excel, CSV, etc?
- How do I export the risk matrix to PDF?
- How do I extend my trial period for Risk Register?
- How do I manage treatment activities?
- How do I show risk fields in search results?
- How do I use a filter with the risk matrix report?
- How do I assess risk in multiple categories?
- How do I safely restore from backup?
- Why do warnings appear on the issue view page?
- How do I link a Risk Treatment?
- Can I add my own custom fields to the screens that are used for editing risks?
- Can I change the risk workflow?
- Can I visualize the risk level outside of the issue view?
- Is it possible to monitor risks for for departments rather than projects?
- Can I associate a risk with multiple project issues?
- How do I resolve a 500 error?
- How do I remove closed risks from the register and matrix?
- Why can't I see my risks when I search for them?
- How do I hide a risk from the risk table and matrix?
- How do I import risks from a CSV?
- How do I get the "Assess risk" button to appear on my issue?
- Can I rename custom fields?
- How do I add risk information to an issue?
- How do I repair unhealthy risk models?
- Can I license Risk Register for subset of users?
- How do I import risks from a CSV file?
- Migrating from one server to another
- How can I disable risk assessment by default?
- How do I set Probability via a Dropdown List
- How do I validate Impact and Probability on a workflow transition
- How do I trigger a script from risk level changes
- How do I set Impact and Probability from the create screen?