How do I add a status tag within a column?

[Daniel Domachowski]

Under Board settings, when I add a new column, it tells me It won't show up on the board without a status but there's no way to add one from this page and I cannot find any other way to add a tag. 

[Mikael Sandberg]

Hi Daniel,

Welcome to the Atlassian Community.

To add a status to the column, just drag and drop the status you want in that column. You can either move one of the statuses that are under a different column, or one of your unmapped ones. In your included picture the only unmapped status that you have is the Resolved.

[Daniel Domachowski]

But what if I wanted to add a new status? I can't seem to add that. I have a button that says ADD COLUMN but i'm missing the ADD STATUS button.

[Daniel Domachowski]

Here's more of the page. 

[Mikael Sandberg]

You can only add the statuses that are available in the workflow that your project is currently using. To add a new status you would first have to add it to the workflow before you can add it to the board.

[Daniel Domachowski]

Ok I can't seem to edit the workflow either. Here's a screen grab. Can you help?

[Mikael Sandberg]

If you have Administer Jira global permission you should see the pen icon in the action column

When you click on it will create a draft version of the workflow that you can edit and once you are done you can publish you changes. 

[Mikael Sandberg]

You can also get to the workflows by clicking the Jira icon > Settings > Issues > Workflows 

From here you can see all the workflows that you have.

[Daniel Domachowski]

Ok thanks! Should be able to edit now that I have Jira admin access!