Re-order workflow statuses on the issue view

When configuring your teams' workflows, you may find it useful to change the order in which statuses display when looking at a work item, to make it easier for your users to transition work.

How to re-order statuses

The order of statuses have to be set manually, on each transition. Here’s how:

Company-managed projects

1. Go to Jira settings > Workflows.

2. Find the workflow you want to edit. Under Actions, select … > Edit.

   • This will create a draft version of the workflow.

3. For each transition:

   1. Select the transition you want to edit, and select Properties.

   2. In the Property Key field, enter opsbar-sequence .

   3. In the Property Value field, enter a number (0 or greater). This property determines the order in which each transition (and therefore, status) displays. A lower number means the transition will display higher.

   4. Select Add.

4. Go back to the workflow and select Publish Draft.

Team-managed projects

1. Go to Project Settings > Issue types and select an issue type.

2. Click on Edit workflow.

3. For each transition:

4. Select a transition and click on Properties.

5. Click on Add new property.

6. In the Property Key field, enter opsbar-sequence .

7. In the Property Value field, enter a number (0 or greater). This property determines the order in which transition (and therefore, status) displays. A lower number means the transition and status will display higher.

8. Click on Save.

9. Click on Update Workflow.

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For the full list of workflow properties, see Use workflow properties