"Days in column" setting is missing from Boards

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Summary

When accessing any Board on Jira and navigating to Board → Configure → Columns, the "Days in column" setting is missing from that page:

Cause

The "Days in column" setting is disabled on Jira Software's global configuration:

Solution

Enable that setting with the following steps:

  1. On Jira, go to Administration (⚙ icon) → Applications → Jira Software configuration 
  2. Click on the checkbox next to "Days in column" to enable that feature
  3. Access any board, then go to Board → Configure → Columns. An option to enable that feature will appear in all existing Boards:


Last modified on Jul 21, 2023

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