Description/Features
Custom fields for sub-task issues to display parent issue summary in column views.
The teams I have worked with have been using JIRA's sub-tasks regularly as they provide great features for priority handling and progress monitoring. There have only been one drawback using the sub-tasks as users can't always figure out the parent issue from column views that only display parent issue key. This plugin allows user to figure out the parent issue context easily without opening the parent issue.
Plugin contains two custom fields: Parent Issue Summary and Extended Summary
Parent Issue Summary Field displays issue's parent issue summary and can be used for sorting.
Extended Summary Field extends the original summary field by providing parent issue's summary to the field.
Usage
- Install the plugin by downloading the plugin JAR
- Place the downloaded JAR file to <JIRA>/atlassian-jira/WEB-INF/lib folder
- Restart JIRA
- Activate the custom fields from JIRA administration tools, Custom Fields section.
- Done, now you can use the new fields in issue lists
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Comments (18)
May 02, 2007
Lauri Hölttä says:
Excellent Tommi\! Thank you for this plugin, it certainly eases the pain of usin...Excellent Tommi! Thank you for this plugin, it certainly eases the pain of using subtasks in Jira. However, I'd like to see subtask's summary showing its parent's summary (not just the key) as the final solution.
May 10, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
Thank you for the feedback! I added another field to the plugin that extends the...Thank you for the feedback! I added another field to the plugin that extends the default summary field. New extended summary field shows the parent issue's summary in the field.
Jul 18, 2007
Dean Vermeire says:
Hi Tommi, When you say to "activate the custom fields", how do you do that? ...Hi Tommi,
When you say to "activate the custom fields", how do you do that? Do I create a custom field of that type and add it to a screen?
Thanks!
Jul 20, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
Yes, you'll have to create a new custom field for example "Extended summary" wit...Yes, you'll have to create a new custom field for example "Extended summary" with that type and add it to your columns list. You can follow this tutorial:
http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/v3.8/customfields/addcustomfield.html
Jul 31, 2007
Will Rau says:
Hi. I like the extended summary field, but when I add it to my issue navig...Hi. I like the extended summary field, but when I add it to my issue navigator and remove the default summary field column, ALL the columns become the same width, including the type icon, key etc. This makes the view very unreadable, as the extended summary is now a little tower of text an inch wide.
Any ideas how I avoid this? I am running Jira 3.9.
Aug 09, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
I tried this with our Jira 3.8.1 installation and I wasn't able to reproduce thi...I tried this with our Jira 3.8.1 installation and I wasn't able to reproduce this behaviour. Are you still getting this? Could you post a screen shot?
Aug 17, 2007
Kristijan Bencun says:
There are no search templates for this custom field type. Is it possi...There are no search templates for this custom field type. Is it possible to add one??
Aug 17, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
Good idea. I'll look into this. It would be great if I could search issues by th...Good idea. I'll look into this. It would be great if I could search issues by their parent issue.
Sep 06, 2007
L. Vermeulen says:
Can this also be used for reporting, so that all subtasks are together under the...Can this also be used for reporting, so that all subtasks are together under the parent issue?
Oct 23, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
Good idea. I was developing this more from the subtask pointofview but by adding...Good idea. I was developing this more from the subtask point-of-view but by adding this feature it could display subtasks for parent issues as well.
Oct 17, 2007
Ejner Jensen says:
Great plugin. Would it be possible to add an extra option for including coloumnh...Great plugin. Would it be possible to add an extra option for including coloumn-headings or not?
Oct 23, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
Thanks! I'm not sure if I understand what this option would do? Could you explai...Thanks! I'm not sure if I understand what this option would do? Could you explain it a little more?
Oct 23, 2007
Ejner Jensen says:
Sorry I understand your confusion my comment was really for this plugin:Sorry - I understand your confusion - my comment was really for this plugin:
http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRAEXT/JIRA+Show+Saved+Filter+With+Columns
PS: Yours is a great plugin too - one that we also use in our installation
Oct 23, 2007
Shana Thadani says:
I've added this plug in and added the custom field for the extended summary and ...I've added this plug in and added the custom field for the extended summary and parent issue. I've added the extended summary and parent issue columns to my issue navigator, however when i view the issues, neither columns show. I'm using version 3.6.5. Do you know why this is happening?
Oct 23, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
It might be the JIRA version. I have developed this plugin against 3.8.x so it m...It might be the JIRA version. I have developed this plugin against 3.8.x so it might not work very well with 3.6.x releases. Are you able to test it out with more recent JIRA version?
Oct 25, 2007
Shana Thadani says:
No, I'm not able to test it with a more recent version. My tech guy said h...No, I'm not able to test it with a more recent version. My tech guy said he had some issues when trying to upgrade to a newer version. Some of the features weren't working when he did the upgrade. He was working with your support team, but wasn't able to figure out what the problem was. Is there any way of making this patch avail for version 3.6.x?
Oct 25, 2007
Tommi Laukkanen says:
You are probably meaning Atlassian support team? I'm not an employee of Atlassia...You are probably meaning Atlassian support team? I'm not an employee of Atlassian and they haven't developed this plugin.
You can download source code for this plugin so you can also try to make it work with your Jira installation.
I would still recommend you to upgrade your Jira installation to newer version as it contains many new features compared to 3.6.x.
Feb 21
Ross Lamont says:
Love the plugin, but we've noticed on odd problem against Jira 3.9.3. The ...Love the plugin, but we've noticed on odd problem against Jira 3.9.3. The extended summary field does not work if you haven't chosen an Issue Type in your filter, or if you choose the "Any" option in Issue Type. Choose anything else (or any combination) and it works fine.