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SLA Time Management
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SLA Time Management
Documentation
Migration to Cloud
FAQ
Release notes
SLA/JSM comparison
Last updated Oct 28, 2025

Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

The SLAs chapter covers how to create and configure service level agreements that are automatically tracked by the application based on projects, goals, working calendars and multiple start, stop, and pause conditions. This functionality ensures your teams meet defined response and resolution targets.

Key features:

  • Set SLA Goals
    Define time-based targets (for example, respond within 2 hours, resolve within 24 hours) to ensure consistent service quality with respect to working calendars configured earlier. You can select such goal target types as: duration, business days offset, date, assets-based duration, or you can simply track time spent in each status without setting a time frame.
  • Configure SLA Triggers
    Set clear conditions for when the SLA should start, pause, or stop, based on many Jira fields to define multiple start, stop, and pause conditions using logic operators (AND/OR).
  • Apply SLAs Across Projects
    Specify which Jira and JSM projects the SLA rule applies to, allowing you to manage SLAs centrally or customize them per team.
  • Control SLA Visibility
    Choose whether SLA timers are displayed on the issue view for internal users and/or the customer portal for request participants, promoting transparency and accountability.
  • Use JQL
    Apply SLAs only to selected issues within projects to have an exact control over where SLAs apply.
  • Select a suitable calculating method
    There are several SLA calculation methods, allowing you to choose how time should be measured. Whether by summing all cycles, capturing only the first, or focusing on the latest cycle.

SLA configuration

Quick tutorial

Text instructions

In the SLAs tab click Add SLA to create a new SLA.

Configure an SLA
Configure an SLA

  1. Name your SLA, add a description to know what does this SLA refer to and select projects it will be applied to. You can select multiple projects both Jira Software and Jira Service Management.

  2. Define Goals.

  3. Select a Calculation Method.

  4. Set Conditions.

  5. Enable Notifications

  6. Set Visibility

    Configure an SLA
    Configure an SLA

  7. Click Save and activate.

Result

Your SLA is active in selected projects and will start tracking time. You may see your SLA settings if you expand a created SLA.

Configure an SLA
Configure an SLA

Info

If you edit an SLA that is already running it won’t be updated instantly for all issues.

  • The app will gradually update issues that weren’t displayed by users prioritizing the oldest.
  • The app will refresh an issue that was displayed by someone in the issue view or on the customer portal.
Example

This is how an SLA is displayed on the issue view:

Configure an SLA
Configure an SLA

See Statuses to understand it better.