Questions tagged [jira]

A proprietary issue tracking system

Jira is an issue tracking system by Atlassian Systems. Although it is proprietary, Atlassian gives away licenses to established open source projects, thus it is very popular.

Jira is Java based and runs inside a Tomcat application server.

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In Jira, how do I convert a story into an epic?

How do I convert a story in Jira into an epic? I am having the exact problem that this person is having: http://forums.atlassian.com/message.jspa?messageID=257348581
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Threading Jira notification emails in Outlook 2010

When I receive Jira 4.2 notification emails in Outlook 2010, they do not get threaded. Of course by default Jira sends emails with the subjects like this: [JIRA] Created: (LTST-4) improve documentation, [JIRA] Assigned: (LTST-4) improve…
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How do I disable the signature when replying to specific email address?

At work, I use Outlook to add a signature to all my emails. However, when responding to a JIRA notification, my signature gets added and ends up in the JIRA comment that gets created. Is there a way I can prevent my signature from making its way…
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How can I run JIRA on Windows via a subdomain?

I am looking around the JIRA documentation but I cannot find any information on this, but perhaps I'm not searching for the right terms :( I've heard something about the concept of VirtualHosts in the Confluence documentation but I don't really know…
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Can you recommend a good asset management and issue tracking system?

Our company is looking to replace our dated issue management software, currently evaluating Atlassian JIRA which is a fantastic issue management system. However our current issue management system also has asset management. Could someone recommend…
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How to filter for "labels does not contain X" in JIRA/JQL?

How can I write a JQL query which finds all issues whose list of labels does not include a particular value? I've tried labels != "thing-i-dont-want", but this did not work (it found no issues, strangely) and labels not in "thing-i-dont-want", with…
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How do you enable new navigation sidebar in Jira?

I really like the new navigation sidebar in Jira onDemand: The only problem is, when I created a new project on a new account, the sidebar has gone. Is there any way to enable it for all projects?
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Search for unlabelled issues jira

Is it possible to search for unlabelled issues in Jira?
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JIRA Search by multiple previous Issue Keys

If you move an issue from one Project to another in Jira it is given a new Key in the new Project. It stores the previous Key somehow because you can put the old Key in the Quick Search box and it will find the issue under the new Key. Is there any…
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Jira does not wait SQL Server to start

I am using Jira 3.1 for task tracking. It works over SQL Server 2008 R2. Recently I tried to use Jira as a service rather than running it from a command line. I have installed the service and put dependency from SQL Server service. The problem,…
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JIRA: create filter with a common story

I want to create a filter to select all unassigned issues which are a subtask of story "Some Story". How can I do that?
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What RSS Reader can handle item-updating (JIRA search) feeds?

Thunderbird is a good rss reader in terms of being able to connect successfully to jira authenticated search feeds (where evolution-rss and Liferea can't), but really sucks when it comes to updating. A Jira search feed will give a link id to…
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In Jira v8.1.3, I want to convert an Epic into a Story; however, I also want to keep the stories and tasks associated with it. Is this possible?

I want to convert an Epic into a Story. And it looks like I can change the Type field from Epic to Story. However, this Epic as a few stories and tasks associated with it. If I change the Type to story will all of the Relates to and Issues in Epic…
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How to create issue dependencies/links in Jira (3.13)?

We recently switched from other bug tracking software to Jira (3.13 currently ). We need to set issue linking in a manner that my task start time depends on other colleague's issue and I can not start until he resolves his issue... I goolged and…
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How to use Azure AD SSO SAML for Jira, when Jira is also already setup to use local AD

This tutorial is great and easy to get setup with Azure AD integrated for Jira: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/active-directory-saas-jiramicrosoft-tutorial The only problem with it is, as outlined it requires that the…
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