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This is only available for team-managed projects
Only project admins can add, edit, or delete columns for business projects that have the same workflow for all of their issue types, except for subtasks. Learn more about how to edit or create workflows.
Easily add, edit, or delete columns to your team-managed project’s board view. Make updates to your project’s workflow within context of the board view without needing to navigate to the project settings to update your team’s workflow. The columns on the board view are controlled by your project’s workflow, so updates made to your board’s columns will be reflected in your workflow. Learn more about workflows.
You can only add, edit, or delete columns in the board view for a project with one single workflow.
When you add a new column to your board, a new status will be added to your business project’s workflow. The newly added column, will be a status in the in-progress status category. Learn more about status categories.
To add a column to your board, you can:
Select the plus symbol at the far right of your columns in the board view.
Give your column a name. Something that’s reflective of the process in the workflow you’re adding this column for.
Hit enter or select the tick symbol .
Drag the card of the items that you want to sit under this column.
You can rearrange the order of your columns to suit where you would like your column to sit in the workflow. Learn more about rearranging your columns in your board.
To rename a column on your board, you can:
Select the text in the column that you’d like to rename. Alternatively, select the three dots menu :small-ellipses:, and then Rename.
Enter a new name, thinking about what step in your workflow this column represents.
Hit enter or select the tick symbol .
Drag the card of the items that you want to sit under this column.
To delete a column from your board, you can:
Select the three dots in the top-right corner of the column you’d like to delete.
Select Delete.
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