I want to show Tasks in my timeline without epics.

Question

Hi all, I'm new to the forums. I've been using JIRA for about a year trying to get it working the way I want but I'm coming unstuck with what type of project to use for different project types.

Specifically, I want to have Tasks visible in my timeline without using Epics. I also need to be able to add extra columns to the Kanban view. This needs to be a company managed project, as it will be a template for the team to reuse.

I set up one project a while ago where this worked(see image below), but now I can't remember what project type I used.
I have tried several different Kanban and Scrum software Dev and work management projects but can't work out which one to use.

Does anyone have any advice on how to make this work again. 
Thanks
Dan

Trudy P Claspill · Answer

Hello @Dan Taylor

Are you working with a Company Managed Business project or a Team Managed Business project?

Get that information from the View All Projects page under the Projects menu. Find your project in the list and look at what it says in the Type column.

The board can be set to Group the issues by different types of data. Which grouping are you using where you want to add a column?

Assuming you are using the Status grouping, to add a column to a Board view in a Business project you must add a new Status to map to that column.

In a Team-Managed project, if you are a Project Administrator for the project, you would do that by clicking the + button to the right of the column farthest to the right on the board.

In a Company Managed project you may see the same button and can use it. If you don't see the same button then you either don't have sufficient permissions to add a Status to the workflow used by the project. In that case you would need to contact your Project Administrator or possibly your Jira Administrator to get help.

If you are wanting to add a column for one of the other Group options, let us know which option that is.

Dan Taylor_c7h5bg · Answer

Hi @Fazila Ashraf 
Thank you, yes in a Work management project, I am able to have tasks show up on the timeline view. 
But I'm unable to add a column in the Board View.  I'm stuck with just the 3 standard columns. I need a fourth column. Do you know if that is possible?

Dan Taylor_c7h5bg · Answer

Thanks Fazila,
I did try a project without epics but that then told me the timeline would only work once I added Epics. 
I'll try it in a work managed project and see if that's the correct one.