From the course: Learning Jira (Cloud Edition): Creating Items, Using Boards, Finding Items with JQL Search, and Tracking Work
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Creating items - Jira Tutorial
From the course: Learning Jira (Cloud Edition): Creating Items, Using Boards, Finding Items with JQL Search, and Tracking Work
Creating items
The easiest way to create a new item is by clicking the Create button at the top of any JIRA page. First, select the proper JIRA space. Type a space's long name, its short name, or scroll through the drop-down list. After you've selected a space, select the type of item using the Work Type drop-down menu. Each space has its own set of work types, based on the type of work done. Some JIRA spaces have just one work type, and some have many. After selecting a space and work type, complete the remaining form fields. I'll enter a summary and a description. Summary is always a required field. Each time you create an item, JIRA remembers the space and work type you selected last. Make sure you're selecting the proper values each time you create. As I mentioned, different geospaces can have different work types. Space 1 has development types, like Task, Story, Bug, and Epic. Space 2 has a custom type, called Expense. It's good to know that work types can have different fields, and different…