How to change columns of the Issues summary menu sidebar?

[Jose Hernandez Leiva]

I am new using Jira and I have been trying to modify a particular board (see attached) with no success. I have admin rights but I did not find where I can edit it or even if editable or not?. None of the option highlighted in green let me add or delete columns. I am not looking to create filters, I just want to customize that screen. 

[John Funk · Accepted solution]

Hi Jose,

You are not going to be able to do those things there. If you need more, you need to create a filter. 

[Jose Hernandez Leiva]

Is there any reason for it? I mean, is it a Jira default non-editable table? 

[John Funk]

Quick answer is I don't know, and yes.  :-)

You can ask Atlassian here:

https://support.atlassian.com/contact/#/

[Hannes Obweger - JXL for Jira]

Hi @Jose Hernandez Leiva

if you're open to solutions from the Atlassian Marketplace, you could try out JXL for Jira. It's a fully-fledged table/spreadsheet view for your issues that integrates with your project very similarly to the issue list, but can be fully customised to match your needs. This, of course, includes the ability to add or remove columns.

This is how it looks in action:

You can add any of your Jira fields, build-in as well as custom fields.

It's worth noting that JXL can do way more than that - from inline editing to quick sorting and filtering to support for issue hierarchies, it comes with practically all features you're familiar with from Google Sheets or Excel. More info here: https://jxl.app.

(Disclaimer: I work on JXL :))

Hope this helps,

Hannes

[Jose Hernandez Leiva]

Thanks for your comment but I was looking to modify it, not to use any other tool.