Set up Jira Software Cloud
Learn how to set up Jira Software Cloud and integrate it with other products and applications.
Preconfigured views in your plan
This page refers to the advanced planning features that only available as part of Jira Software Cloud Premium and Enterprise.
We have a separate section for documentation about the project timeline that’s included in all Jira Software projects. Go to the documentation for project-level roadmaps in Jira Software.
your plan comes with four preconfigured views that focus on different aspects of your plan. Switch between these views using the view selector dropdown menu next to your plan name:
When you change a view setting while looking at a preconfigured view, an EDITED lozenge will appear in the Views menu to indicate that this view has been modified but not saved. You can save your changes to this preconfigured view using the Save this view button.
Basic view
Basic view is the default view for new plans.
How to read this view:
Columns: Start date and due date fields and status
Hierarchy levels set from highest to lowest, per hierarchy configuration
Issues sorted by ranking
Issues colored by status
Timeframe set to Months
Sprint capacity management view
The Sprint capacity management view shows capacity across issues in a plan so you can optimize sprints or iterations.
How to read this view:
Columns: Priority, sprint, story points (estimates), team (collapsed), and release (collapsed)
Hierarchy levels set to Story and issues filtered by All future sprints
Issues grouped by teams with capacity showing in the timeline
Issues sorted by ranking
Issues colored by status
Timeframe set to Months
Top-level planning view
The top-level planning view gives you a high-level view of how work is progressing by showing issues from highest to lowest hierarchy level. You can also see issues in their hierarchical relationship with each other.
How to read this view:
Columns: Progress (issue count), start and due date, release, and component
Hierarchy level set from the highest level to story level, per hierarchy configuration
Issues grouped by projects
Issues sorted by ranking
Issues colored by teams
Timeframe set to Quarters
Dependency management view
This view focuses only on issues that have dependencies in a plan so you quickly see which ones are blocking the progress of others.
In the screenshot below, some issues don’t match the view’s filters so they appear grayed out in the timeline.
How to read this view:
Columns: Dependencies (incoming and outgoing), priority, start and due date, and team
Hierarchy set from epic to sub-task and filtered by Issues with dependencies
Issues sorted by ranking
Issues colored by status
Timeframe set to Quarters
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