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The complete JIRA documentation from Atlassian is available here.
To obtain a JIRA account, add a new project, and/or adjust permissions, please contact Holly Mistlebauer.
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JIRA consists of Projects that contain Issues
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Using Quick Search
Searching for Issues
Saving Searches (aka Using Filters)
Using the Issue Navigator
Customizing your Issue Navigator
Managing your User Profile
Change your Password, Profile, and Preferences.
Have issues that are assigned to you show up on your JIRA Dashboard (aka home page).
Have easy access to your project(s), favorite filters, etc. as well.
Managing your User Profile
Change your Password, Profile, and Preferences.
Additional information for project administrators...
Generating Reports
Pie Charts, Gantt Charts, you name it!
Can also create reports via the Filters described above. The results can be printed or exported to Word, Excel, PDF, XML, etc.
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