I do not have the ability to put time estimates for sub-tasks in Jira. How do I enable this?

Question

At the issue level there is a field for a time estimate; however when I create sub-tasks I do not have the option for a time estimate. It seems near impossible to follow the agile process without logging time against each sub-task.

I am working in a test environment right now. Could this be why?

Matthew Mensher · Answer

Thanks for the help. Adding them to the screens now with an admin.

Simple Tyler · Answer

Hey Matthew,

I'm referring to Screen Schemes.  If you are not an admin on the project you wouldn't have access to them.  There is a way to add fields to that list: https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver/defining-a-screen-938847288.html

You (or a project admin) should just need to add the "Time Tracking" fields to your scheme and you should be able to add estiamtes.

Tyler

Matthew Mensher · Answer

I am using the regular issues view. There is an "edit" and a "more" button and they both do not contain an option for a time estimate. The "more" tab has an option to "log work". I can click this and log how many hours have been worked on the task and it says on the page: "the estimate will be reduced by the amount of work done, but never below 0", but this makes no sense because you can never set the estimate anywhere.

Lastly, I do not where the admin button is. I am not an admin yet.

Thanks in advanced.