Project Keys

Question

Hello! Ramiro from Argentina.

Could I have sequential project keys for each issue?

For example, for my Project MARS

EPIC= MARS-1

User Story=  MARS-1.1
                SubTask= MARS-1.1.1
                SubTask= MARS-1.1.2
User Story=   MARS-1.2
                SubTask= MARS-1.2.1
                SubTask= MARS-1.2.2
                SubTask= MARS-1.2.3

EPIC= MARS-2
User Story= MARS-2.1
                 SubTask= MARS-2.1.1

I think it's a good way to be organized with my development team

Thanksss!!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

That's actually one of the things Jira was written to get away from - compounded unique keys are clumsy legacy structures that cause more problems than they solve.  Just include the issue type in your reporting!

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

But that would move all your stories up to the project level, which makes them useless.

Dwight Holman · Answer

Adding to Nic's answer - the project key can include alpha-numeric characters. You can create project keys like MARS1, and MARS2 which would produce issue sequences

* MARS1* MARS1-1
* MARS1-2
* ...

* MARS2* MARS2-1
* MARS2-2
* ...

Generally shorter project keys are better IMHO, but this is an option.