> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.swarmia.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.swarmia.com/settings/team/issue-ownership.md).

# Issue ownership

## What is it?

In Swarmia, you can assign issue ownership to a specific team using issue ownership mapping. When looking at a specific team across various views, such as focus summary and investment balance, you'll see a yellow icon indicating issues the team contributed to but doesn't own. You can also toggle "Show only issues owned by team" to hide these cross-team contributions. Work log, on the other hand, shows only issues owned by the team.

## Map issues to teams

When you create a new team, Swarmia automatically suggests a project to map to it. If you have a setup where multiple teams use the same issue tracker project, you can assign the right issues to Swarmia teams based on, e.g., labels or custom fields. Assigning issue ownership for teams is an essential step, as only then will the Jira issues and related data be visible in Swarmia.

[Swarmia issues team settings](https://app.swarmia.com/settings/team/issues)

<figure><img src="/files/SIkRFi0DpYSqQG5hNfvU" alt=""><figcaption><p>A project-based issue ownership assignment</p></figcaption></figure>


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