How to delete existing categories that are tagged to reports and add new category using the Reports and Timesheets for Jira app

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Last updated: Mar 19, 2021 by Amith Mathur
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This article explains how to delete all existing categories that are tagged to reports in AIO Report and add new cateogory using the Reports and Timesheets for Jira app.

Instructions

  1. Navigate to Jira Menu → AIO Reports → My Area → My Reports.
  2. Click the edit icon under the Actions or Click the Report under the Name to edit the report.
  3. On the top right corner, click the edit icon next to the report name as shown below:


  4. A screen with Name, Category and Description appears for you to edit.
  5. Click on the category dropdown and add a new category and click Save:


  6. Once the success message disappears, click Cancel.
  7. Navigate to My Area → My Reports.
  8. Now click Discard and Continue to avoid duplication of the original report.
  9. The existing category is replaced with the new category as shown below:



  • If other reports have the same categories then it will be associated with the respective reports.
  • Once you delete/change the category from the reports, ensure to update the team as they might be filtering the reports based on the categories.Â