What development data can I view in Jira?
Once you’ve connected your development tool, you can view linked development information in various places in Jira.
View development information on a work item’s development panel
The development panel on your Jira work items automatically pulls in information from your development tools if you include work item keys in your work. Find out how to add references in your work.
The following data can be linked to the development panel:
Branches - the branch name must include the work item key.
Commits - the commit message must include the work item key (limited to 100 commits per work item).
Pull requests - the pull request title or the source branch name must include the work item key.
Reviews - the title of the review must include the work item key, or the work item must be linked from the review.
Builds - the build must include a commit message or a branch name that references the work item key.
Deployments - a commit associated with the deploy must contain the work item key in its commit message.
Find out about viewing development information for a work item.
View information on your Jira board
Work item cards on your board display development icons to indicate when they have pull requests, branches, commits, or deployments associated with them. Hover over the icons to view the details of the development activity, then select one to go to your connected development tool.
Your board displays development icons as long as at least one of the work items on your board has development data linked to it and your board contains fewer than 100 work items.
View information on the Code page
Once you’ve connected your tools and included work item keys in your development actions, the Code page will show all the repositories related to your software space.
If you include work item keys in pull request titles, you’ll also see:
all the pull requests that have been linked to work items in your space within the last 30 days
pull requests that have been linked previously but were updated within the last 30 days.
The Code page does not support development tools integrated using Applinks or DVCS.
Find out more about the code feature.
View information on the Development page
Once you’ve connected your development tools to Jira and your team is using work item keys in branch names, commit messages, and pull requests, you’ll start seeing development information on the Development page—provided the feature is enabled for your software space.
Once set up, you’ll see:
Key metrics like pull request cycle time and deployment frequency, showing your team’s delivery health.
Related work like pull requests, vulnerabilities, and deployments from apps connected to Jira—so you can view details, see who’s working on what, and jump straight into code.
Work suggestions with proactive, actionable recommendations to resolve blockers and boost your team’s progress.
Use workflow triggers to automate tasks
Workflow triggers can help keep Jira work items synchronized with the information in your development tools.
Instead of relying on developers to manually update the status of a work item after doing work, you can configure triggers to automatically transition work items. For example, you could configure a trigger to automatically transition a work item from To Do to In Progress when a branch is created.
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