---
title: "Create screen scheme"
method: POST
path: "/rest/api/2/screenscheme"
tags: ["Screen schemes"]
---

# Create screen scheme

`POST /rest/api/2/screenscheme`

Creates a screen scheme.

**[Permissions](#permissions) required:** *Administer Jira* [global permission](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/x4dKLg).

## Request body

- ScreenSchemeDetails — Details of a screen scheme.
  - `description` string — The description of the screen scheme. The maximum length is 255 characters.
  - `name` string, required — The name of the screen scheme. The name must be unique. The maximum length is 255 characters.
  - `screens` ScreenTypes, required — The IDs of the screens for the screen types of the screen scheme.
    - `create` integer — The ID of the create screen.
    - `default` integer, required — The ID of the default screen. Required when creating a screen scheme.
    - `edit` integer — The ID of the edit screen.
    - `view` integer — The ID of the view screen.

## Response `201`

Returned if the request is successful.

- ScreenSchemeId — The ID of a screen scheme.
  - `id` integer, required — The ID of the screen scheme.

## Other responses

- `400` — Returned if the request is not valid.
- `401` — Returned if the authentication credentials are incorrect or missing.
- `403` — Returned if the user does not have the required permissions.
- `404` — Returned if a screen used as one of the screen types in the screen scheme is not found.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/atlassian/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api/versions/a26541c2f8bd/schema)