Configuring Time Tracking
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To enable time tracking in JIRA, you must first activate it
and then assign permissions for users to log work on issues.
Step 1: Activating Time Tracking.
- Log in as a user with the 'JIRA Administrators' global permission.
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Bring up the administration page by clicking either the 'Administration' link on the top bar or the title of the
Administration box on the dashboard:
- On the panel on the left, under the title "Global Settings", click on the link labelled "Time Tracking".
By default, time tracking is OFF:
- Select a suitable value for Hours Per Day (e.g. 8)
- Select a suitable value for Days Per Week (e.g. 5)
- Select your preferred Time Format. This will determine the format of the 'Time Spent' field
when an issue is displayed.
- Click Activate to turn time tracking ON.
Note
To change the Hours Per Day and Days Per Week once Time Tracking is activated,
you will need deactivate and then reactivate Time Tracking with the new values.
Step 2: Allowing users to log work.
To be able to log work on issues, users, groups or project roles must first be assigned
permissions to the appropriate project(s) as follows:
- Once you have activated time tracking (see above) you will see the following screen:
- Click the Permission Schemes link.
- Select the permission scheme associated with the project(s) for which you wish to allow work to be logged.
- Check whether the row labelled 'Work On Issues' contains the appropriate users, groups or project roles.
If it doesn't, click the Add link:
- Then select the user, group or project role you wish to be able to log
work on issues. Then click the "Add" button.
