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This page is about the Enhancer Plugin for Jira Server. Using Jira Cloud? Then please click on the Cloud button above.

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You can create a calculated (read-only) custom field .

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that holds the date when an issue transitions into a specific status.

Step 1: Create a Status Entry Date

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custom field

1. From Jira settings, navigate to Manage Apps.

2. From the side menu, find Enhancer Plugin for JIRA.

3. Click Custom Field Configuration.

4. Click the Add new JEP custom field button.

5. Click the Date tab on the left-hand side of the dialogue. 

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1. Select Status Entry Date, then

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1. click Add custom field.

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Step 2: Configure the field

7. Fill in the dialog box:

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• Name – Create a name

   for

  for the custom field (this will appear on screens and can be used in JQL).

• Select Status to hold

  Status – You can select one or more statuses to record the date

  of

  when the issue

  changed

  transitioned to

  this

  that status.

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• Specify

  First

  or

  /Last

   -

  – Select whether the issue can re-visit this status (

  e.g.

  for example, the issue can be reopened and then changed to the Under Review status again).

  First or

  If you choose 

  Last in 

  Last, you can also decide whether the custom field will skip self-transitions in its calculation.

  The dialog box would appear as the following:

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• And then click on the Save Custom Field button. That's it.

8. Click the Save custom field button.

Usage in JQL searches

You can use the Status Entry Date in your JQL searches to filter and sort issues based on their resolution time.