How to re-order statuses

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There is currently no way to change Statuses order in JIRA, the only workaround is to manipulate JIRA database, please follow JRA-5198 and vote on this feature.

This FAQ is to document down the workaround for JRA-5198, all credit goes to the contributors in JRA-5198

Direct Database Manipulation is outside the scope of Atlassian support - this document is for informational purposes only

Warning

Please Backup Database before implementing the below workaround

The Steps

  1. Shutdown JIRA
  2. Backup Database

  3. List down the current Statuses order using query below:

    SELECT pname,SEQUENCE FROM issuestatus order by SEQUENCE;

  4. You will get result like below:

    pname

    SEQUENCE

    Open

    1

    In Progress

    2

    Reopened

    3

    Resolved

    4

    Closed

    5

  5. Update the current status sequence numbers to 10, 20, 30 instead of 1,2,3 so it's easier to modify later.

    update issuestatus set SEQUENCE =10 where SEQUENCE='1';

  6. Repeat step above for other statuses, you will get result like below:

    pname

    SEQUENCE

    Open

    10

    In Progress

    20

    Reopened

    30

    Resolved

    40

    Closed

    50

  7. Finally, Update the table with the sequence you want, for example change Status "Reopened" show after status "Resolved":

    update issuestatus set SEQUENCE =45 where pname="Reopened";
  8. Restart or Re-index JIRA to take effect.
Last modified on Oct 19, 2012

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