Multiple time fields in Jira

Question

Hi all,

I want to create new time tracking fields to use them on multiple Jira-tickets. They should be costumizable and it should be possible to create reports and a lump sum over multiple tickets in a project for each specific field.

I want to track spent time on a ticket in several buckets, such as "time spent because of cause A" and "time spent because of cause B". Is there any existing solution for that that I don't know? Or is there an addon that I can use for this cause?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Jakub Sławiński · Answer

No, there is only one native time tracking field in Jira.

You can of course add new custom fields, but these will be your custom fields, i.e. you will have to handle them properly by yourself without any native support from Jira.

Moreover, I am sure there are some addons that deliver the functionality you need or very similar. Please check the marketplace. I believe the Time Tracking category is the one you need to search in:

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/categories/time-tracking

Markus Schneider_lanx6r · Answer

is there no posibility to add aditional time fields? That wold make the whole thing a lot easier!

Jakub Sławiński · Answer

You can add comments when logging a time and then filter/group time by the work description.

If you are able to somehow enforce on your users always writing a valid work description, that can do the trick.