Adding a time estimate field for tasks and subtasks in nextgen kanban boards

Question

Appologies if this has been answered before, I'm new to jira and still working to find my way around.

I have setup a nextgen kanban board, and would like to add a "time estimate" field to tasks and subtasks so our devs can enter their time estimate there and i can correctly set start and end dates for each task based on their estimations.

Can somebody please help me with this?

Ste Wright · Answer

Hi @Razvan Bileca

You can add the Time Tracking, Due Date and Start Date fields to an issue type in Next-Gen - to do this you'll need to be in the Next-Gen project role "Administrators" and then:

* Select Project Settings from the left-hand menu when looking at your project / board
* Select Issue Types from the new left-hand menu which appears
* Select an issue type - eg. Task
* From the right-hand menu of previously created fields, drag in one or all of these fields
* Press Save Changes
* Repeat for other issue types

^ This will add the field to the issue view, which is subsequently accessible when clicking on an issue from your board.

Ste