Configure Jira components
This page is for company-managed projects
To check whether your project is team-managed or company-managed, select more actions (•••) next to the project name in either the header or the sidebar. At the bottom of the menu that opens, you’ll be able to view whether your project is team-managed or company-managed.
More about the difference between company-managed and team-managed projects.
Create a Jira component
In your project navigation, select add to navigation (), then select Components.
Select Add to navigation.
Next to Create component, check that the project is using Jira components and not Compass components. If it’s switched to Compass components, your project admin will need to switch to Jira components.
Make sure you’re viewing Jira components.
Select Create component.
Fill out the new component’s information.
The name is used in a work item’s Components field, and when searching for component in the project.
The description appears next to the component on the Components page, and helps people understand what it represents.
The component lead is the person responsible for overseeing work related to the component.
The default assignee is the person automatically assigned to new work items that include the component.
The project default assignee is the person who confirms that reported work items are meant for their team, and who re-assigns them accordingly.
The project lead assignee is the person who controls and manages a project's settings. This person is defined in the project settings.
The component lead assignee is the person responsible for overseeing work related to the component. This person is defined in the Component lead field.
If the component stays unassigned, new work items that include this component aren’t assigned to anyone.
Select Save.
The new component will appear on the Components tab. Everyone in the project can now view, search for, and link work items to the Jira component.
Jira components can only be configured by project admins or above.
Edit a Jira component
In your project navigation, select the Components tab.
Find the component you want to edit, and select more actions (), then Edit.
Change any information you need to.
Select Save.
Delete a Jira component
In your project navigation, select the Components tab.
Find the component you want to delete, and select more actions (), then Delete.
If there are any work items linked to the component, you can link them to another component, or unlink them entirely.
Select Delete.
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