How to add Calendar to Jira

Question

Yeah, I got the answer from google as below, but I can't find the "administration" button anyway.

* Go to Administration>Add-ons>Find new add-ons
* Search for "calendar"
* Install the  "Jira Calendar Plugin" 
* Once the Plugin is installed , go to Dashboard page and click on the "Add Gadget" button
* Search for "calendar" in the search box
* You will not see anything yet , so you have to click on the "Load all gadgets" at the right side
* Now you may see the "Jira Issue Calendar" available in search result which is on the right side
* Click on the "Add Gadget" button to add it into the dashboard
* Close the "Add a gadget" pop-up as it already added into the dashboard in the background
* Choose any project at the Project or Saved Filter then click Save
* Now you may see the calendar gadget appear on the dashboard

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

" but I can't find the "administration" button anyway"

It's the cog icon near the top right of the screen.  It will only appear if you have some admin rights (project, jira or system admin) and you'll need to be a system admin to be able to install apps like the calendar.

If you are not an admin, you'll need to talk to your admins in order to get added as an admin, or have them do steps 1-3 for you

Sagar Mahajan_d8sqh7 · Answer

Hi @Dawei Wang  Welcome to the community.

Looking at the steps you mentioned I think you are using the Jira Server or Datacenter environment.

Can you please let me know what Jira environment you currently using Jira Server, Jira Datacenter, Jira Cloud

The "Jira Calendar Plugin" is not a supported plugin from Atlassian even though it is from the Atlassian itself, please check below link for more details

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/293/jira-calendar-plugin?tab=overview&hosting=server

If you are currently using Jira databcenter or planing to migrate to Datcenter from Server as Jira Server will not be supportable by Atlassian after Feb 2024 then this plugin is not a datacenter compatible which can lead to issues to your application as it is not the supported plugin.

If you are using the Cloud Jira instance then this plugin is not available for the Cloud Jira version.

Instead you can check the similar plugin from Atlassian marketplace which is supported by the plugin vendor but, yes this is the paid one.

https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1218390/calendar-for-jira?tab=overview&hosting=datacenter

Let me know in case of any questions.

Kishan Sharma · Answer

Welcome to the Atlassian Community @Dawei Wang Please reach out to your Jira Administrators to help you install the app OR ask them to grant you admin rights so that you can install the app yourself.