Inquiry: End-of-Day Developer Report Feature in Jira

[Admin _ Quality Assurance]

Hi team,

I wanted to check — does Jira have a built-in report or feature where developers can submit an end-of-day summary of what they worked on? Something like a daily progress log tied to their tasks or issues?

If it's not a native feature, is there a plugin or workaround you'd recommend?

Thanks!

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

Hello @Admin _ Quality Assurance

Not as a dedicated native end-of-day developer report feature.

Jira support this indirectly through things like work logs, comments, dashboards, or automation, but I am not aware of a built-in feature where developers submit a formal daily report out of the box.

It is usually handled through process + configuration.

[Admin _ Quality Assurance]

Hi @Arkadiusz Wroblewski, thank you for the response!

Would you be able to point me in the right direction on how to configure this? We're looking for something simple where developers can log what they worked on at the end of each day. Even a basic setup using existing Jira features would work for us.

Any advice would be appreciated!

[Arkadiusz Wroblewski]

@Admin _ Quality Assurance 

For a simple native setup, I would start with time tracking / work logs.

The easiest approach would be to ask developers to log work on the issues they touched at the end of the day and add a short note in the work log if needed. Jira supports that natively, and work logs are then visible directly on the issue. 

If you want a basic overview for leads or managers, I would then add a simple dashboard on top of that with shared filters. Jira dashboards support gadgets, so that gives you a lightweight reporting layer without needing an app straight away. 

So from my side, the cleanest starting point would be: enable time tracking, make sure the team has permission to log work, and use that as the daily reporting habit first. 

If later you need something more formal or timesheet-like, then I would look at an app  but for a basic daily developer update, native work logs are the simplest place to start.