Documentation for JIRA 5.0. Documentation for other versions of JIRA is available too.

The Summary page for a project in JIRA shows recent activity in the project, plus a list of versions and issues that are due soon.

To browse a project's summary,

  1. On the top navigation bar, click the white triangle next to 'Projects'. The projects dropdown will display.
    (tick) Tip: You can access your current project directly by simply clicking the Projects link instead of the triangle.
  2. Click the project that you wish to browse. If the project is not displayed in the dropdown, click View All Projects, which allows you to view a list of all accessible projects on your JIRA site, and select your project from there.
  3. Ensure that the 'Summary' tab page is displayed (see screenshot below). If not, click the Summary tab on the left to show this page.
    • Click the appropriate icon (e.g. Bug, Improvement, Task, etc) next to the 'Create' label in the top right to create an issue of that issue type.
    • Click the Reports menu and click the relevant dropdown menu item to generate reports for the project. See Generating Reports for more information.
    • Click the Filters menu and click the relevant dropdown menu item to view issues in the Issue Navigator with the relevant filter applied. See Saving Searches ('Issue Filters') for more information on filters.
    • In the 'Activity Stream' section,
      • Click the RSS icon to generate an RSS feed of information that is relevant to this project.
      • Click any item to jump to recent activity associated with this project. The Activity Stream can include:
        • Issues in your local JIRA system.
        • Issues in another JIRA system (provided your administrator has configured a two-way Application Link).
        • Activity from another Atlassian application, such as:
          • document updates (from Confluence)
          • code commits (from FishEye)
          • code reviews (from Crucible)
          • builds (from Bamboo)
            (info) Note that this requires your administrator to configure a two-way Application Link.
        • Activity from remote applications (note that your administrator will need to set this up via the REST API or the provider plugin API, or locally via Java).
        (info) Note that your administrator will also need to configure appropriate Project Links.

Extending your Project Summary

The Project Summary page can be easily extended via plugins. For example, you can add a Calendar tab or a Labels tab via the JIRA Calendar plugin and JIRA Labels plugin respectively. Check out the Atlassian Marketplace for more information.

Screenshot: 'Summary' page for a Project

(tick) Tip: You can click the icon in the 'Issues: Due' or 'Issues: Updated recently' sections to view an extended list of issues through the Issue Navigator. Clicking this icon in the 'Versions: Due' section takes you through to the versions tab.

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