While many other software systems provide users with limited control over the presentation of screens, Jira is very flexible when it comes to screen customizations. You can create your own screens and decide what fields are to be placed on them and their order. You can also decide which screens are to be displayed for major issue operations. In Jira, you can create and design customized screens for the following operations:
- Creating an issue in the create issue dialog box
- Editing an issue when an issue is being updated
- Viewing an issue after an issue is created and is being viewed by users
- Transitioning an issue through a workflow (workflows will be covered in Chapter 7, Workflows and Business Process)
Screens are maintained centrally from the administration console, which means you need to be a Jira administrator to create and configure screens. Perform...
