Empty/blank application.properties file

[Sion Dinh]

Hi All,

I am in the process of setting up a new instance of Jira for my development team.

I have come across many tip/tricks which require configuration of settings within the application.properties file.

However, when opening up this file I only see the following.....

# Do not modify this file unless instructed. It is here to store the location of the JIRA home directory only and is typically written to by the installer.

jira.home = C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Atlassian\\Application Data\\JIRA

Is this normal? I seem to be missing a whole load of settings.

Thanks in advance

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

The files are changed in JIRA 4.4. Have a look at http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Advanced+JIRA+Configuration. Some of the config is done on the UI itself now!

[Sion Dinh]

Worked a treat!

So steps taken....

1- Create new jira-config.properties file in location C:\Program Files (x86)\Atlassian\Application Data\JIRA

2- Added line jira.view.issue.show.quicksubtask.when.no.subtasks=true

3- Restarted the Jira service

Job done! Now the quick subtask creation form will always be display in the parent issue screen whether or not a subtask has already been created.

Thanks Jobin

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Yes, adding it will work. It is false by default.

[Sion Dinh]

Thanks Jobin for the quick reply.

I'm trying to configure the visibility of the quick subtask creator in the parent issue view.

I don't seem to have jira-config.properties. Would you happen to know where I should create this file?

C:\Program Files (x86)\Atlassian\JIRA\atlassian-jira\WEB-INF\classes ??

I have found this...

# This property controls whether to show the 'Subtask quick creation form' on the 'View Issue' page for issues that have no sub-tasks yet.

jira.view.issue.show.quicksubtask.when.no.subtasks=false

Do you think that would work if added to the jira-config.properties file?

Thanks again!