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Set up request types in team-managed projects

Request types categorize your service project's work. You can customize them to collect the right information from your customers, so your agents know exactly how to help them.

To view your service project's request types: From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

Add more request types to your service project to distinguish different tasks in unique ways and present different forms to collect the right information from your customers.

Multiple request types help you search and sort the requests your team resolves, track the progress of specific types of request, even estimate how well your team responds to their customers.

You must have the administrator role in your project to do the things described on this page. Learn more about team-managed project roles.

Create custom request types in your team-managed service project

You can create your own request types to truly customize how you track your service project work and the information you collect to carry out different types of customer requests.

To add your own request types:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select + Add request type.

  3. Select Create request type.

  4. Give your request type a name, description, and an icon.

  5. Select Create.

You can add up to 30 request types.

Your new request type appears in the sidebar, alongside the other request types your service project uses. Your request type appears in the customer portal as a form your customers can use to request help.

Edit request types in your team-managed service project

Change a request type's name

To edit the name of your request type:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Click the request type's name and edit it how you like.

  4. Click Save changes.

Your request type's name updates everywhere, including in the customer portal.

Change a request type's portal description

The portal description helps customers know which request type to choose when they visit your customer portal. It appears under the request type’s name in the list of request forms your customer chooses from in your portal.

To edit the portal description of your request type:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Click the request type's description and edit it how you like.

  4. Click Save changes.

Your request type's portal description updates everywhere, most importantly in your customer portal’s list of request forms.

Change a request type’s portal instructions

Portal instructions help customers complete forms correctly. They appear above the form fields of a request form in your customer portal. Portal instructions act as help text that you can use to clarify when, why, and how a customer should use the request type to request help from your service agents.

To edit the portal instruction of your request type:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Click the request type's portal instructions and edit them how you like.

  4. Click Save changes.

Your request type’s portal instructions updates above your request type’s form fields in the customer portal.

Change a request type's icon

Request type icons appear internally and in your customer portal. Service agents can use the icons to scan for specific types of requests when addressing them in their queues. In the customer portal, icons appear in the list of request forms, as well as above the request’s form fields.

To edit the icon of your request type:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to edit.

  3. Click the request type's icon.

  4. Upload a custom image or choose one from the list.

  5. Click Select.

Your request type's icon updates everywhere in Jira and in the customer portal.

Group request types

Request type groups appear in the customer portal. Categorize your request types into groups to help your customers navigate through the portal and find the correct request type for their request.

To group request types:

  1. From your service project's sidebar, select Raise a request.

  2. Select Customize.

  3. Select Request type groups.

  4. Click + Add group or select an existing request type group.

  5. Click + Add request type and select a request type.

Changes made to request type groups are reflected in the portal.

Delete request types from your team-managed service project

To delete a request type:

  1. From your project's sidebar, select Service project settings > Request types.

  2. From the sidebar, select the request type you want to delete.

  3. Select … Delete request type.

If you have requests that use that type, we'll warn you about them. You'll have to change their type to something that you actually use in your service project, or else things can break. Don't worry, Jira Service Management will walk you through how to update those requests, if needed.

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