How to change a status in Jira?

How to change a status in Jira?
Current reporting of your work is extremely important and significantly influences the effective resolution of tickets and project management. Being careful to set appropriate statuses ensures that everyone knows what to do and can see the workload of other team members. Jira software also allows you to adjust statuses to the individual needs of its users.

Problem

How to change the status of a ticket in Jira?

The status of a ticket indicates its current place in a project workflow. Each project can have different statuses. The statuses available to a user may also depend on the user’s permission level in the project. If you have any doubts or questions regarding the status flow configuration, you can always contact the Atlassian Project Administrator or System Administrator.

Step by step instructions

1. Open the ticket, then click on the status area on the right.

2. Once clicked, a drop-down list will show the available statuses according to the workflow of the project the ticket is in.

How to change status in Jira ticket

3. To see what other statuses are available within the workflow, select “View workflow”.

4. Click on the selected status.

5. The ticket status is now changed.

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