Glossary
This glossary defines common terms that you might see as you're working in Time to SLA, or throughout our Help Center.
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Audit Log
A record of events and changes. Most activities across Time to SLA will appear on this page, from the creation of an SLA to the editing of a single configuration.
B
Blacklist
A list of projects and issue types to exclude in SLA calculations.
Breached
An SLA breach (or violation) happens when your agents don't resolve their cases in time.
C
Condition
SLA conditions determine when a task SLA is opened, paused, resumed, reset, canceled, and completed.
Custom Field
Jira issues are made up of fields, and custom fields allow people to add information specific to your team's needs.
Cycle
The interval between a consecutive SLA start and end point within an issue's lifespan.
D
Dynamic Duration
The Dynamic Duration is a Jira custom field of text. Users can enter a time string here, and Time to SLA will set the SLA duration to the value entered in this field.
E
Elapsed Time
It is the total time the SLA has taken until this time.
End Time
A type of SLA condition that you can set.
Exceeded
When a target date is exceeded, the SLA commitment is breached.
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No glossary items.
G
Goal
Each SLA includes a set of goals to determine whether they have been met or not. One of these goals might be the time frame, for example, which is the maximum amount of time for a task to be completed as stated in the SLA.
Global Notifier
Applies the notification settings to all of your SLAs
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No glossary items.
I
Issue
In Jira, teams use issues to track pieces of work that must be completed. Depending on how you use Jira, an issue could represent a project task, a helpdesk ticket, a leave request form, etc.
Issue Actions
A Time to SLA menu that enables you to perform issue-specific actions that won't require you to change the configuration for all of your SLAs.
J
Jira admin
A Jira administrator is a user with the Administer Jira global permission. A Jira admin has special authorizations and is responsible for the systems, projects, products, and boards.
K
No glossary items.
L
No glossary items.
M
No glossary items.
N
Negotiation Date
The Negotiation Date, located in the SLA Goals menu, is the date that the SLA timer counts down to.
O
No glossary items.
P
No glossary items.
Q
No glossary items.
R
Recalculation
The act of calculating SLA data again for issues created before a new SLA definition, updating existing SLA data within issues after making changes to SLA definitions, and repairing corrupt SLA data.
Reset
This function enables you to define the conditions under which a running SLA will be reset.
S
Shared Holiday
Holiday entries that are shared across all calendars: any changes made to one will be reflected in all of them. Example: New Year’s Day.
SLA
A service-level agreement is a commitment between a service provider and a client.
SLA Scope
The Projects, Issues (JQL), and Workflows an SLA applies to.
SLA Panel
The SLA Panel presents SLA information and visualizes SLA status using colors and icons on issue view screens.
SLA Panel Glance
The progress of your SLA, shown briefly in the issue’s Details section.
T
TTS
Short for Time to SLA.
Target Date
The date set for an SLA or for the completion of a project, goal, or quota.
U
No glossary items.
V
No glossary items.
W
Whitelist
A list of projects and issue types to include in SLA calculations.
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No glossary items.
Y
No glossary items.
Z
No glossary items.