Jira issue template plugin?

[Sean Ochoa]

Hey all.

Does anyone know if there is a plugin for Jira that would enable us to create and use templates for certain common types of issues?

We also have a need for making sure that all new issues have certain fields filled out. Is there a way to do that?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

It is an open issue: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-7731 . Feel free to vote.

You will also find, under the comments, common workarounds.

[Pavel Pavlovsky]

You can try Easy Templates for Jira Issues add-on: https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1219112/easy-templates-for-jira-issues

It allows you to create the most general and useful templates for different issue types and cases, like story, bug report, on/off boarding and other processes. Add subtasks and set Templates per issue type.

Cheers,
Pavel 

[LUC FILION]

For those who wish to create projects with a template of multiple predefined JIRA issues automatically instantiated whenever a new project is created, see Gaia for JIRA add-on from the Marketplace (http://bit.ly/RwwjGQ). This can be useful for projects starting with the same issues all the time, or for checklists.

Luc

[EddieW]

Atlassian labs has a free plugin that works well for me.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.atlassian.jira.plugins.personal-issue-templates/version/4

Includes checkboxes for which fields to clone when using the template.

[Krzysztof Skoropada [Deviniti]]

Hi Sean,

See https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-7731#comment-421799

or you can directly go to at https://marketplace.atlassian.com/plugins/com.intenso.jira.issue-templates

Cheers,Kris

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

As Jobin says, there's a request open already.

I usually find requests for defaults or templates tend to mean there's something broken though. If you're trying to default things like description or short and long text, then you've probably got a broken process. If you're trying to default dates (e.g. default deployment date = now +1 week) or users or affected version (= the current live version), then Jira is the broken thing because it doesn't do them (beyond "now" and the assignee stuff). I use javascript for them (and for calculating a "summary"). If you're looking at select lists, then Jira already supports defaults for them.

For the second question, "have certain fields filled out" - that's a doddle - use the "mandatory" fields functions in the field configurations.