First steps

This chapter will guide you through the features Issue Templates for Jira offers and explain how to use them.

Set up Templates repository

Templates repository is a regular Jira project in which all issues automatically become templates.

Templates created in the repository can be used for creating repetitive tasks in Jira.

To effectively use Issue Templates for Jira, you need at least two projects:

• One project for templates called templates repository
• Another to create issues from previously created templates

Steps

To set up a Templates repository:

1. Navigate to Jira Settings > Apps
2. Click Configuration in Issue Templates for Jira section, on the left sidebar.
3. Select a project from the list or Create New.

For details, see Templates Repository chapter.

Next steps

Navigate to the following chapters to find out more about the features:

• Create and use templates
• Recreate whole issue structures
• Automation and REST API
• Smart Defaults