JPD - Column View - Can I use it by quarters?

[Simon Rimbert]

At my company we often use quarters rather than dates. But, I'm noticing that in the Column View (which is great to display all tickets associated to this or that), I can't use quarters because they only exists as Project start + Project target.

Does that mean there's no time-bound field that is unique (like 2024 Q1, 2024 Q2, etc) instead of start date + target date? It would be super helpful, or am I missing something?

For instance, if I want a view for all my teams (columns) per quarter (rows), is this possible at all?

Thanks!

[Amanda Barber]

I think your best bet is a custom field to group by with fields as you have mentioned (2024 Q1, 2024 Q2...). There is a feature request for custom fiscal years, but it's not on the roadmap yet. You can see information about that ticket (and additional threads) here: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-Product-Discovery-questions/Re-Need-the-ability-to-make-quarters-aligned-to-company/qaq-p/2588695/comment-id/1357#M1357

[Simon Rimbert]

Hi @Amanda Barber thanks a lot. That's what I was using at first but then it means I can't use the Timeline View at all, does it? Unless I use 3 fields:

- Project start + Project target (for timeline view)

- Custom Quarter field (for columns view)

this would create risk of having inconsistencies, though :(

Unless there's a solution I'm not seeing?

[Amanda Barber]

Do you use Atlas to sync the project start/end dates? I could see that as a way to prevent some inconsistencies (and reduce duplicating the information in 2 places.)

[Simon Rimbert]

Hi @Amanda Barber I'm not sure I'm following - Atlas-sian? you mean? And would that let me use both the timeline view and the column view?

[Amanda Barber]

https://www.atlassian.com/software/atlas - if you weren't already using Atlas, then it's changing a bit and you can join an Early Access Program to start using Global Experiences and Atlassian Home in the Admin Hub.