Change how many completed work items show on your software project's timeline
This page is for software projects
To check whether you’re in a software or business project, select More actions (•••) next to the project name in either the header or the sidebar. At the bottom of the menu that opens, your project details will be shown.
Give your project context by showing work items up to one year old, or show no completed work items to live in the moment. By default, your timeline shows work that’s been completed within the last 12 months.
To change how many completed parent-level work items show on your timeline, go to the View settings menu, then select Show completed. You’ll then have the option to choose the timeframe you’d like to show on your timeline.
This setting only applies to parent-level work items. Story-level work items that are done but belong to an open parent-level work item will still show on your timeline.
How your project timeline defines completed work items
Jira looks at two different fields to evaluate whether a work item is done:
In company-managed projects, it looks at the work item’s Resolution field, set via a post function when an work item is moved from an In Progress to Done status. Learn about Jira's resolution field and configuring post functions.
In team-managed projects, it looks at the category of the work item’s status. Work items are considered resolved when they’re moved from an In Progress to Done status category.
Your timeline refers to the Status category change date to define completed work items. This ensures that your plan always refers to the same field and is consistent across multiple workflows.
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