Use assets on Jira work items

Use assets on Jira work items

The Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud lets you easily manage your organization's assets by integrating them into your Jira work items.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with linking an asset to a work item, ensure that you have:

  1. Jira Service Management (JSM) project access with administrative permissions.

  2. Created an asset custom field. Here’s how.

Link an asset to a work item

After creating the asset custom field, here is what to do:

  1. Open the work item you want to link the asset to.

  2. Click More Fields to reveal all fields, and find the asset custom field you created.

  3. Click + Link Asset.

    Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud asset linking in work items
  4. Search for the asset you’re looking for. You can add as many assets as you like.

    Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud asset association with issues

That’s it! The asset is now linked to the work item and will appear in the work item view like this:

Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud asset management in issue view

View asset details in work item view

After adding an asset to a Jira work item, you can view its details by clicking on the asset in the custom field. This will open up the Asset Panel, which displays all of the assets linked to the work item. Here you can view an asset’s details by clicking on it.

Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud asset selection in work items
Click the asset to view the asset’s information in the Asset Panel.
Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud asset linking workflow in issues
Click the three-dot icon to remove the asset link.

You can view the asset information in detail by clicking the eye icon, or edit an asset’s information in the work item view by clicking the pencil icon.

Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud issue integration with asset tracking
Click the eye icon to reveal the asset information in detail.
Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud asset workflow in issue management
Click the pencil icon to edit the asset information.

The linked assets, attachments, and asset history are visible in the asset details as well:

Assets and Inventory Plugin for Jira Cloud user guide with asset creation