'View Development Tools' unavailable in nex-gen project?

[Erik Goodman]

I'm trying to add Github integration to Jira Cloud following the recommendation of installing the Marketplace app https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/connect-jira-cloud-to-github-814188429.html . I have been able to add the Development field to Classic projects in Jira from project settings > Issue layout no problem after adding it to the scheme. Can't seem to find the next-gen project settings anywhere and add this field to the layout. Am I missing a permission or something or is this just how the next gen projects are?

[Petter Gonçalves · Accepted solution]

Hello @Erik Goodman

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Per your description, I believe you might be missing some step of the process to integrate Github and Jira Cloud application. Please, allow me to provide you with some concepts so we can know we are on the same page here:

The integration between Github and Jira is configured once for the whole Jira site with the GitHub integration app, and not on a per-project basis, so the development panel should be displayed for all project types you have (Including Next-gen) once it is finished. About the sentence below:

I have been able to add the Development field to Classic projects in Jira from project settings > Issue layout no problem after adding it to the scheme.

Actually, you don't need to add the Development field to the issue layout of a project to display the development panel. Once you install the Github for Jira app and finish the integration with the steps of the documentation you provided, the development tools panel should be appearing in all of your projects, including Next-gen.

That being said, can you please let us know from where you got that instruction about the development field in the issue layout?

Anyway, you can add fields to Next-gen project by following the steps below:

1. Navigate to the Next-gen project > Project settings > Issue types 
2. For each issue type you have, you can manually add/remove fields as you need

Let us know if you have any questions about the steps provided.

[Erik Goodman]

That resolve the issue. I realized I needed to push up a branch with the jira ticket number in the branch name and that triggered the Development panel to be displayed.

Thanks for the time!