Documentation for JIRA 4.4. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too.
The Administration gadget displays quick links to administrative functions conveniently on the dashboard. This gadget is for people who have the 'JIRA Administrators' or the 'JIRA System Administrators' global permission.
The 'Administration' gadget should appear as follows on the dashboard:
Note: if you only have the 'JIRA Administrators' permission (and not the 'JIRA System Administrators' permission), the following words will not be links: 'Restore', 'Backup' and 'License: view details'.