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Manage work items in your calendar

Unless otherwise noted, the calendar view in software projects is the same for both company-managed and team-managed projects.

To create and edit work items, you’ll need the Create work items and Edit work items permission in the project where the work item was created.

How do Jira permissions work?

Create a work item

To create a work item in your calendar:

  1. Select an empty space on the date you’d like the work item scheduled. The date selected will be the work item’s due date.

  2. Enter a summary, select the work type, then select Create.

To create a work item that spans multiple days:

  1. Click and drag to select multiple days. The first and last dates selected will be the work item’s start and due date.

  2. Enter a summary, select the work type, then select Create.

If your calendar contains work items from multiple projects, you’ll need to select which project the new work item belongs to.

View and edit work items

To view a work item in more detail in your calendar:

  1. Select the work item you want to view or edit.

  2. The work item will open, where you can edit its description, status, assignee, and other information in more detail.

How to update a work item's details

Delete a work item

To delete a work item, you’ll need the Delete work items permission in the project where the work item was created.

How do Jira permissions work?

To delete a work item in your calendar:

  1. Open the work item you’d like to delete.

  2. Select more actions (•••) Delete.

View the status category of a work item by its color

Color helps you visualize the status of work items in your calendar. A work item’s color is based on its status. The colors are categorized by your project's workflow:

  • Gray: To Do

  • Blue: In Progress

  • Green: Done

If a work item on the calendar is red, this means it wasn’t completed before its due date, and is now overdue.

 

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