__JIRA 101_Getting Started_Optional Settings

If you want to be able to log the amount of time you spend working on issues, you need to first do the following:

1. Click 'Administration' in the top navigation bar.
2. Click 'Time Tracking' (under 'Global Settings') in the left navigation column.
3. In the 'Hours Per Day' field, enter the number of hours in your organisation's working day (e.g. 8).
4. In the 'Days Per Week' field, enter the number of days in your organisation's working week (e.g. 5).
5. Leave the 'Time Format' as 'pretty'.
6. Change the 'Default Unit' to 'hour'.
7. Click the 'Activate' button.

For more about configuring time-tracking, please see the documentation.

If you want to be able to split up a 'parent' issue into a number of sub-tasks which can be assigned and tracked separately, you need to first do the following:

1. Click 'Administration' in the top navigation bar.
2. Click 'Sub-Tasks' (under 'Global Settings') in the left navigation column.
3. Click the 'Enable' link.

For more about configuring sub-tasks, please see the documentation.

If you want to be able to attach files and screenshots to your JIRA issues, you need to first do the following:

1. Click 'Administration' in the top navigation bar.
2. Click 'Attachments' (under 'Global Settings') in the left navigation column.
3. Click the 'Edit Configuration' link.
4. In the 'Allow Attachments' field, select 'ON'.
5. In the 'Attachment Path' field, type the absolute or relative path to the directory where attachments will be stored. Note that this directory should be given appropriate security as described in Configuring Security.
6. (Optional) In the 'Enable Thumbnails' field, select 'ON' if you wish to enable image attachments to be displayed as thumbnails. For details please see Configuring File Attachments.
7. Click the 'Update' button.

For more about configuring attachments, please see the documentation.