"Days in column" setting is missing from Boards
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Summary
When accessing any Board on Jira and navigating to Board → Configure → Columns, the "Days in column" setting is missing from that page:
Cause
The "Days in column" setting is disabled on Jira Software's global configuration:
Solution
Enable that setting with the following steps:
On Jira, go to Administration → Applications → Jira Software configuration.
Click on the checkbox next to "Days in column" to enable that feature.
Access any board, then go to Board → Configure → Columns. An option to enable that feature will appear in all existing Boards:
After enabling the setting, open an affected board and navigate to Board → Configure → Columns. Confirm the "Days in column" checkbox now appears and that the day-count indicator renders on cards in the board view. Changes may take a few moments to propagate if caching or reindexing is in progress.
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