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Add work description field to transition screen

Marco Sacchi

We want to be able to add work description field (and not comments field) on a screen presented on transition, but i can't find it on available fields.

I have readed almost all documentation and community posts but no one talk about this specific aspect.

I know that the provided JIRA time tracking support copy of comment content into the worklog description as an option, but we need and want make comments and worklogs separate.

We use JIRA Software (Cloud)

Thanks in advance.

In the below screens:

the first one is the custom screen,
the second one is the standard provided time tracking screen.

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Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

The "work description" is part of the work log, not an issue field. You have to enter a work log in order to enter the description of the work.

Marco Sacchi

Hi Nic,

I'm sorry, I forgot to include a screenshot of the screen configuration. As you can see I already entered the work log item. This configuration builds the first screen that you see in the post above.

I have also readed about project permissions and anyone can create/modify/delete a work log for now.

Are there any other configurations that prevent the display of the "work description" element?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist-

It's not about configuration. It's about where data is captured.

The "work description" is a field intended to capture information about the work that is being logged. The field is part of a data item that is about work that is logged on the issue. It is not directly a part of the issue. You can't have a "work description" outside a record of work done - it does not make sense.

Marco Sacchi

I think you did not fully understand the previous question, maybe the screen shots in Italian have confused you.

I reformulate in the simplest and clearest way possible: in a screen created to be displayed during a workflow transition is it possible to insert a worklog element (time taken, work description, etc.) as in the screen displayed for time tracking?

If so, which elements must be specified?

Thanks for your time.

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